Crane Island Historic District · Photo: Elkman · CC BY-SA 4.0Minnetrista has higher household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
34% of workers have no commute at all; Minnesota has 18%. Poverty touches 8.8% of residents, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. The two grades for Minnetrista are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Minnetrista stands out on work
A lot of Minnetrista works from home
34% of Minnetrista workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Time on the road ↓
Minnetrista is a place people come home to
There are 883 jobs based in Minnetrista, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Minnetrista has about 6,100 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Minnetrista
76% of Minnetrista residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 53% of the jobs based in Minnetrista pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Minnetrista has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Minnetrista went from 612 in 2013 to 883 in 2023, +44%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Minnetrista pay little
28% of the jobs based in Minnetrista pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Minnetrista: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Minnetrista is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #65 of 273 in Minnesota. Household income is its strongest input ($163,051, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Minnetrista could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Minnetrista’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minnetrista workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,806 commuters (the 34% 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 people are in Minnetrista by day
On a workday 4,138 residents head out to work, 141 work right here, and 742 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Minnetrista on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
In Minnetrista, services account for most jobs
883 jobs are based in Minnetrista.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minnetrista, 2013 → 2023: 612 → 883. 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 Minnetrista’s own residents hold wherever they work.
14% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where Minnetrista clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
How far it is to work from Minnetrista
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.
The commute in Minnetrista is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Minnetrista is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #189 of 273 in Minnesota. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,263 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). 0.4% of Minnetrista households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Minnetrista’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,831 U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,800, Minnetrista comes 385th 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 13 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 383 | Somers CT | 10,938 | $125K | 2.7% | 3.4% | 11% | A |
| 384 | Monroe Township PA | 6,748 | $124K | 6.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| 385 | Minnetrista MN | 9,458 | $163K | 8.8% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| 386 | Kearney MO | 11,296 | $104K | 3.6% | 2.6% | 11% | A |
| 387 | Hanson MA | 10,927 | $132K | 2.7% | 4.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,831 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Minnetrista, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Minnetrista
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Minnetrista workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnetrista | – | A | B− | 27 min | $163,051 |
| Mound | under 4% | B+ | B | 31 min | $86,675 |
| Victoria | under 4% | A+ | A− | 35 min | $195,639 |
| Watertown Township | under 4% | A+ | C | 28 min | $107,500 |
| Independence | under 4% | A+ | C | 25 min | $186,597 |
| Laketown Township | under 4% | A+ | B+ | 22 min | $150,083 |
| Orono | under 4% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $173,527 |
| Shorewood | under 4% | A | A− | 23 min | $171,063 |
| Waconia Township | under 4% | A− | C | 30 min | $122,083 |
| Franklin Township | under 4% | A+ | C | 29 min | $112,171 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Minnetrista’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 Minnetrista: questions
What is the median household income in Minnetrista?
$163,051 (±$23,166) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minnetrista?
8.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minnetrista?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 34% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minnetrista work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (14%, 22 mi), Eden Prairie (7%, 14 mi), Minnetonka (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Minnetrista walkable?
Minnetrista is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minnetrista without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minnetrista, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minnetrista
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.