Photo: 123dieinafire · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Circle Pines works elsewhere
There are 413 jobs in Circle Pines, and 2,464 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Circle Pines is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (B). Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Circle Pines
Circle Pines is a place people come home to
There are 413 jobs based in Circle Pines, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Circle Pines has about 2,900 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Circle Pines than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Circle Pines fell from 592 in 2013 to 413 in 2023, −30%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Circle Pines are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Circle Pines’ own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Circle Pines
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Circle Pines could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Circle Pines quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,437 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 386 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Circle Pines on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Circle Pines: what the 413 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Circle Pines, 2013 → 2023: 592 → 413. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Circle Pines’s own residents hold wherever they work.
14% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where Circle Pines clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Circle Pines
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Circle Pines workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,303 commuters (the 19% 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.
How many miles Circle Pines commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Circle Pines start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,828 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 4.0% of Circle Pines households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Circle Pines’ commuters take a bus or train.
Circle Pines places 318th of 3,692 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 20 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 316 | Turpin Hills OH | 4,875 | $141K | 4.2% | 3.4% | 2% | A |
| 317 | Windsor Heights IA | 5,059 | $92K | 6.2% | 1.4% | 3% | A |
| 318 | Circle Pines MN | 4,967 | $102K | 3.6% | 3.6% | 1% | A |
| 319 | Fair Haven NJ | 6,096 | $250K | 1.1% | 4.9% | 6% | A |
| 320 | Pennsburg PA | 4,036 | $112K | 6.7% | 1.7% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Circle Pines, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door is work for 13% of Circle Pines
The biggest share goes to Blaine (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Circle Pines workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle Pines | – | A | B | 22 min | $101,800 |
| Blaine | 10% | A− | B | 25 min | $106,801 |
| Lino Lakes | 3% | A | C | 25 min | $127,181 |
| Lexington | under 3% | B+ | A− | 21 min | $75,347 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Circle Pines’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 2023, 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 Circle Pines: questions
What is the median household income in Circle Pines?
$101,800 (±$13,314) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Circle Pines?
3.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Circle Pines?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Circle Pines work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (14%, 14 mi), St. Paul (11%, 14 mi), Blaine (10%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Circle Pines walkable?
Circle Pines is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Circle Pines without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Circle Pines, from the people who make the trip.
More of Circle Pines
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.