Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 1.9 jobs in New Trier for every working resident, and 75 people commute in
There are 76 jobs in New Trier, against 40 working residents. Only 2% work in New Trier itself; outside it, St. Paul draws the most (10%, 25 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves New Trier for work, and who comes in
On a workday 39 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 120 people are in New Trier on a workday afternoon, 44% more than live here.
1.9 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.
Where the people who work in New Trier live
Where New Trier clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
New Trier is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Trier, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 76. 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 New Trier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long New Trier spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Trier workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 45 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from New Trier
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.
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 New Trier: questions
What is the median household income in New Trier?
$73,750 (±$41,638) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Trier?
25.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Trier?
33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Trier work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Paul (10%, 25 mi), Hastings (8%, 10 mi), Farmington (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Trier without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Trier, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Trier
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.