Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 2.3 jobs in Oak Park Heights for every working resident, and 4,426 people commute in
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.2 in Minneapolis. Employers in Oak Park Heights report 4,568 jobs, and 2,022 of its residents work somewhere. Oak Park Heights grades A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Oak Park Heights, in brief
Jobs & income in Oak Park Heights: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oak Park Heights is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #115 of 273 in Minnesota. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($82,476, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oak Park Heights could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Who works in Oak Park Heights, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,880 residents head out to work and 142 work right here.
About 7,200 people are in Oak Park Heights on a workday afternoon, 55% more than live here.
2.3 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Oak Park Heights’ workforce comes from
Where Oak Park Heights clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Oak Park Heights
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oak Park Heights, 2014 → 2024: 3,866 → 4,568. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oak Park Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Oak Park Heights’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oak Park Heights workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,502 commuters (the 17% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Oak Park Heights
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Oak Park Heights
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oak Park Heights is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #69 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Oak Park 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 1,799 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 37% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 16.6% of Oak Park Heights households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oak Park Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Oak Park Heights ranks: 834th of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 18 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 832 | West Pennsboro Township PA | 5,699 | $81K | 7.1% | 1.4% | 7% | A− |
| 833 | Hometown IL | 4,191 | $61K | 6.9% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 834 | Oak Park Heights MN | 4,625 | $82K | 7.1% | 3.3% | 7% | A− |
| 835 | Groveport OH | 5,818 | $94K | 6.8% | 4.2% | 8% | A− |
| 836 | Jackson Township IN | 3,812 | $103K | 5.0% | 3.4% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Oak Park Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns next door employ 16% of Oak Park Heights
The biggest share goes to Stillwater (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oak Park Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park Heights | – | A− | A− | 24 min | $82,476 |
| Stillwater | 9% | A | A− | 20 min | $105,853 |
| Bayport | 5% | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $125,893 |
| Baytown Township | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $188,125 |
| Stillwater Township | under 2% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $161,563 |
| Lake Elmo | 2% | A+ | C | 23 min | $153,669 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oak Park 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 2024, 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 Oak Park Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Oak Park Heights?
$82,476 (±$18,754) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oak Park Heights?
7.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oak Park Heights?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oak Park Heights work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Paul (10%, 16 mi), Minneapolis (9%, 23 mi), Stillwater (9%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Oak Park Heights walkable?
Oak Park Heights is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oak Park Heights without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oak Park Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oak Park Heights
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.