Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Making a living in Hilltop
Hardly any work in Hilltop itself; outside it, Minneapolis draws the most (30%, 6 miles). Home is the office for 8% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Hilltop, in brief
Hilltop is where the jobs are
Hilltop has 640 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Hilltop and Minneapolis trade workers both ways
Minneapolis is the top workplace for Hilltop residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Hilltop come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Hilltop residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 5% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
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; with 368 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Hilltop
On a workday 367 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 639 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Hilltop on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.7 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Hilltop: where workers come from
Where Hilltop clocks in
30% of workers
7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hilltop
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.
Jobs in Hilltop: what the 640 are
640 jobs are based in Hilltop.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hilltop, 2013 → 2023: 346 → 640. 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 Hilltop’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Hilltop spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hilltop workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 388 commuters (the 8% 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.
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 Hilltop: questions
What is the median household income in Hilltop?
$54,306 (±$6,181) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hilltop?
11.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hilltop?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hilltop work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (30%, 6 mi), St. Paul (7%, 10 mi), Fridley (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hilltop without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hilltop, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hilltop
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.