St. Paul

City Commute Profile

St. Paul, MN

Where St. Paul’s 143,027 resident workers go each day — 28.6% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Minneapolis.

MinnesotaLODES 2023 data
70
Commute Score

70 / 100

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

St. Paul at a glance
Employed Residents
143,027
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
28.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
20.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Minneapolis
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for St. Paul 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 St. Paul 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.

St. Paul

143,027 commutes, one dot at a time

St. Paul

Where 143,027 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1St. Paul0.0 mi40,951
2Minneapolis7.6 mi27,760
3Bloomington12.7 mi5,321
4Edina12.4 mi4,484
5Roseville4.8 mi4,329
6Eagan9.8 mi3,439
7Woodbury9.5 mi2,714
8Maplewood4.9 mi2,396

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into St. Paul.

1St. Paul0.0 mi40,951
2Minneapolis7.6 mi19,347
3Woodbury9.5 mi7,391
4Maplewood4.9 mi4,418
5Eagan9.8 mi4,062
6Cottage Grove12.1 mi3,575
7Roseville4.8 mi2,988
8Blaine15.5 mi2,854

Top industries

The sectors that employ St. Paul’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 Assistance22.3%
PAPublic Administration13.3%
EDEducational Services11.0%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises7.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.8%
FIFinance and Insurance5.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.9%
RTRetail Trade4.9%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.2%

St. Paul city profile

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

Population
307,284
Median age
33.7yrs
Median household income
$73,394
Median home value
$294,500
Median gross rent
$1,281/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
43.8%
Poverty rate
15.6%

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

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