Photo: Hourick · CC BY-SA 3.0Rosemount has higher household incomes than 91% of U.S. towns
3.0% of residents are in poverty; Minnesota has 9.3%. Jobs and income earn Rosemount A+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 7% work in Rosemount; the top destination outside it is Minneapolis (12%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rosemount: the figures worth knowing
Rosemount makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Rosemount are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rosemount residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 13%. The jobs ↓
Rosemount workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
The four measures behind Rosemount’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rosemount is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #39 of 273 in Minnesota. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rosemount could be anywhere from A to A+.
Factories, building and farms: 37% of the jobs in Rosemount
7,635 jobs are based in Rosemount.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosemount, 2013 → 2023: 6,550 → 7,635. 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 Rosemount’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Rosemount
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosemount workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,086 commuters (the 25% 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.
Rosemount on a workday afternoon
On a workday 13,040 residents head out to work, 928 work right here, and 6,707 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26,000 people are in Rosemount on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.55 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.
Out of Rosemount to work: where people go
Where Rosemount clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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 commute from Rosemount, by distance
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.
Few in Rosemount walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rosemount is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #121 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Rosemount 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 14,793 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 28% 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 1.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% 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). 2.3% of Rosemount households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rosemount’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rosemount places 100th of 1,368 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 22,000 to 43,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Prior Lake MN | 28,140 | $134K | 3.1% | 1.5% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Otsego MN | 24,525 | $120K | 3.5% | 1.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Andover MN | 33,874 | $138K | 3.3% | 2.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Chantilly VA | 24,036 | $157K | 5.8% | 2.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 99 | Melrose MA | 29,597 | $134K | 3.8% | 3.7% | 7% | A+ |
| 100 | Rosemount MN | 31,881 | $130K | 3.0% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| 101 | Syracuse UT | 39,909 | $133K | 4.8% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 102 | Winchester MA | 23,710 | $230K | 4.7% | 3.8% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Rosemount, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
How Rosemount compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Apple Valley (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rosemount workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemount | – | A+ | B+ | 28 min | $129,625 |
| Apple Valley | 6% | A | A | 25 min | $97,673 |
| Empire | under 4% | A+ | C+ | 30 min | $147,700 |
| Nininger Township | under 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Cottage Grove | under 4% | A | B− | 24 min | $120,791 |
| Coates | under 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Inver Grove Heights | under 4% | A | A | 22 min | $101,316 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nininger Township and Coates: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rosemount’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 Rosemount: questions
What is the median household income in Rosemount?
$129,625 (±$10,208) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosemount?
3.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosemount?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosemount work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (12%, 18 mi), Eagan (10%, 7 mi), St. Paul (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rosemount walkable?
Rosemount is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosemount without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosemount, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosemount
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.