Mounds View has lower unemployment (2.8%) than 73% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.6 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 26.2 in Minneapolis. Jobs and income earn Mounds View A−; getting around on foot earns it A−. Only 4% work in Mounds View itself; outside it, Minneapolis draws the most (18%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mounds View, in brief
Jobs in Mounds View have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Mounds View went from 3,497 in 2013 to 7,433 in 2023, +113%. The jobs ↓
Mounds View makes and builds things
65% of the jobs based in Mounds View are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mounds View residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Mounds View pay better than its residents’ jobs
86% of the jobs based in Mounds View pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 68% of the jobs Mounds View residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Mounds View. The jobs ↓
Mounds View draws workers from far and wide
The 7,433 jobs in Mounds View are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 38%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Inside Mounds View’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mounds View is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #120 of 273 in Minnesota. Job access by car holds Mounds View’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mounds View could be anywhere from B to A.
65% of the jobs in Mounds View make or build things
7,433 jobs are based in Mounds View.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mounds View, 2013 → 2023: 3,497 → 7,433. 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 Mounds View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Mounds View’s residents
Where Mounds View clocks in
18% 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.
Who works in Mounds View, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 5,433 residents head out to work, 242 work right here, and 7,191 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Mounds View on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 23 minutes to work from Mounds View
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mounds View workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,832 commuters (the 18% 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.
Half of Mounds View commutes less than 10 miles
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.
In Mounds View, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mounds View is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns, #92 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,124 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 84% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 38% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 64% 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). 7.0% of Mounds View households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mounds View’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mounds View is 762nd of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | 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 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 6 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 760 | Montecito CA | 9,031 | $231K | 8.3% | 4.0% | 9% | A− |
| 761 | Gateway FL | 11,176 | $107K | 3.6% | 4.7% | 5% | A− |
| 762 | Mounds View MN | 12,786 | $90K | 12.0% | 2.8% | 4% | A− |
| 763 | Manassas Park VA | 16,560 | $103K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5% | A− |
| 764 | Raymond NH | 11,050 | $105K | 6.7% | 3.0% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Mounds View, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Mounds View and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Blaine (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mounds View workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mounds View | – | A− | A− | 23 min | $90,009 |
| Spring Lake Park | under 3% | A− | A | 21 min | $90,753 |
| New Brighton | 3% | A | A | 20 min | $88,521 |
| Blaine | 5% | A− | B | 25 min | $106,801 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mounds View’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 Mounds View: questions
What is the median household income in Mounds View?
$90,009 (±$8,467) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mounds View?
12.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mounds View?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mounds View work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (18%, 10 mi), St. Paul (10%, 12 mi), Fridley (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mounds View walkable?
Mounds View is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mounds View without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 38% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mounds View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mounds View
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.