Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0Falcon Heights draws 4,968 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Falcon Heights is better than 79% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is among the most walkable U.S. towns (A+). 5,147 jobs are based in Falcon Heights, and 2,467 of its residents work somewhere. 29% of workers work from home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Falcon Heights
Falcon Heights is where the jobs are
Falcon Heights has 5,147 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 7,800 people are in town, 53% more than the 5,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Falcon Heights residents work close to home
72% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Falcon Heights is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 0% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Falcon Heights
29% of Falcon Heights workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Falcon Heights pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Falcon Heights pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
Jobs & income in Falcon Heights: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Falcon Heights’ grade up (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, 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, Falcon Heights could be anywhere from B to A+.
A workday in Falcon Heights: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,288 residents head out to work and 179 work right here.
About 7,800 people are in Falcon Heights on a workday afternoon, 53% more 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.
How far Falcon Heights’ workers travel
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Falcon Heights, 2013 → 2023: 4,686 → 5,147. 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 Falcon Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Falcon Heights: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Falcon Heights workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,965 commuters (the 29% 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.
Who travels to work in Falcon Heights, and from where
Where Falcon Heights clocks in
30% of workers
16% of workers
5% 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.
Falcon Heights is among the most walkable U.S. towns
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Falcon Heights is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #2 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Falcon Heights near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,766 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 59% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 23.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 98% 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). 8.0% of Falcon Heights households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 8% of Falcon Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Falcon Heights places 868th of 3,758 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 866 | Franklin Township PA | 4,467 | $144K | 4.9% | 3.8% | 3% | A− |
| 867 | Fort Myers Beach FL | 5,287 | $91K | 5.4% | 1.8% | 7% | A− |
| 868 | Falcon Heights MN | 5,071 | $97K | 7.5% | 4.8% | 7% | A− |
| 869 | Clinton Township IN | 4,890 | $92K | 3.7% | 3.6% | 11% | A− |
| 870 | Schuyler Falls NY | 4,955 | $104K | 6.3% | 0.7% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,758 | 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 Falcon Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
21% of Falcon Heights works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to St. Paul (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Falcon Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Heights | – | A− | A+ | 22 min | $96,528 |
| St. Paul | 16% | B− | A+ | 21 min | $73,394 |
| Lauderdale | under 2% | A | A+ | 24 min | $78,684 |
| Roseville | 5% | B+ | A | 21 min | $86,930 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Falcon Heights’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 Falcon Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Falcon Heights?
$96,528 (±$12,753) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Falcon Heights?
7.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Falcon Heights?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Falcon Heights work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (30%, 5 mi), St. Paul (16%, 4 mi), Roseville (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Falcon Heights walkable?
Falcon Heights is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.1 out of 20, and 24% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Falcon Heights without a car?
8% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 59% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Falcon Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Falcon Heights
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.