Work & commute · White Bear

Work & commute in White Bear, MN

Most working residents leave White Bear for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (14%), St. Paul (13%) and White Bear Lake (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 5,275 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,162 White Bear residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 3,483 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Bear.

5,162live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

3,483work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Bear goes to work

Minneapolis15.2 mi away

14%716

St. Paul11.2 mi away

13%712

White Bear Lake2.5 mi away

10%550

Vadnais Heights3.6 mi away

4%194

Edina21.8 mi away

3%172

Maplewood5.7 mi away

2%121

Bloomington23.5 mi away

2%116

White Bear (in town)right here

2%113

Shoreview5.7 mi away

2%111

Fridley11.5 mi away

2%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,360

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far White Bear commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

54%

39%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Bear is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in White Bear are

3,596 jobs are based in White Bear. Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Bear’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in White Bear

3,596 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs White Bear residents hold

5,275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+29%

Jobs based in White Bear, 2013 → 2023: 2,787 → 3,596. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.