Minneapolis

City Commute Profile

Minneapolis, MN

Where Minneapolis’s 204,553 resident workers go each day — 40.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is St. Paul.

MinnesotaLODES 2023 data
67
Commute Score

67 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Minneapolis at a glance
Employed Residents
204,553
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
40.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
26.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
St. Paul
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Minneapolis proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Minneapolis commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Minneapolis

204,553 commutes, one dot at a time

Minneapolis

Where 204,553 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Minneapolis, by worker count.

1Minneapolis0.0 mi83,657
2St. Paul7.6 mi19,347
3Bloomington9.1 mi9,236
4Edina6.2 mi8,130
5St. Louis Park4.7 mi5,521
6Eden Prairie12.0 mi5,515
7Minnetonka9.6 mi5,123
8Plymouth10.2 mi4,267

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Minneapolis.

1Minneapolis0.0 mi83,657
2St. Paul7.6 mi27,760
3Plymouth10.2 mi8,032
4Brooklyn Park10.7 mi7,773
5Bloomington9.1 mi7,561
6St. Louis Park4.7 mi6,996
7Blaine14.2 mi6,530
8Edina6.2 mi6,512

Top industries

The sectors that employ Minneapolis’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services13.5%
EDEducational Services11.9%
FIFinance and Insurance9.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.7%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises5.4%
PAPublic Administration4.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.9%
RTRetail Trade3.9%

Minneapolis city profile

Who lives in Minneapolis — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
427,246
Median age
33.4yrs
Median household income
$80,846
Median home value
$362,200
Median gross rent
$1,371/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
55.5%
Poverty rate
16.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Minneapolis

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

11 providers · 7 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps67%
8 Gbps65%
See all internet providers in Minneapolis

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).