Photo: Gabriel Vanslette · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Arden Hills are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Arden Hills is better than 91% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). Below the poverty line: 4.7% of residents, next to 9.3% across Minnesota. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.2 in Minneapolis.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Arden Hills stands out on work
Arden Hills has far more jobs than workers
Arden Hills has 13,364 jobs, 3.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 19,000 people are in town, 99% more than the 9,600 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs in Arden Hills pay over $40,000 a year
82% of the jobs based in Arden Hills pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Most Arden Hills residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Arden Hills makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Arden Hills are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Arden Hills residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Arden Hills works from home
27% of Arden Hills workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Arden Hills: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Arden Hills’ grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Arden Hills could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In and out of Arden Hills on a workday
On a workday 3,626 residents head out to work, 207 work right here, and 13,157 people come in from elsewhere.
About 19,000 people are in Arden Hills on a workday afternoon, 99% more than live here.
3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
40% of the jobs in Arden Hills make or build things
13,364 jobs are based in Arden Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arden Hills, 2014 → 2024: 13,532 → 13,364. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arden Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Arden Hills’ commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 17 minutes to work from Arden Hills
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arden Hills workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,253 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Arden Hills’ workforce comes from
Where Arden Hills clocks in
21% of workers
12% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In Arden Hills, walking beats the bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 7.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,477 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 22% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.5% of Arden Hills households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Arden Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
Arden Hills next to U.S. towns of 6,700 to 12,900: 387th of 2,790 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 12 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 385 | Walworth NY | 9,443 | $94K | 4.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 386 | Rancho Mission Viejo CA | 11,971 | $193K | 2.7% | 4.1% | 2% | A |
| 387 | Arden Hills MN | 9,583 | $134K | 4.7% | 4.6% | 5% | A |
| 388 | Brook Highland AL | 8,146 | $80K | 4.6% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| 389 | Roxborough Park CO | 9,085 | $173K | 3.0% | 3.6% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,790 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Arden Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Arden Hills
The biggest share goes to Shoreview (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arden Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arden Hills | – | A | A− | 17 min | $134,118 |
| New Brighton | 3% | A | A | 20 min | $88,521 |
| Shoreview | 4% | A | A− | 22 min | $108,370 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Arden Hills’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Arden Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Arden Hills?
$134,118 (±$13,254) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arden Hills?
4.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arden Hills?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arden Hills work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (21%, 9 mi), St. Paul (12%, 9 mi), Roseville (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Arden Hills walkable?
Arden Hills is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Arden Hills without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arden Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arden Hills
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.