Photo: Runner1928 · CC BY-SA 4.0Roseville has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 30,218 people commute in to work
There are 31,634 jobs in Roseville; 16,026 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Roseville B+; getting around on foot earns it A. About one in ten work in Roseville itself; outside it, Minneapolis draws the most (22%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Roseville, in a few figures
Roseville is where the jobs are
Roseville has 31,634 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 51,000 people are in town, 44% more than the 36,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Roseville residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Roseville draws workers from far and wide
The 31,634 jobs in Roseville are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 37%; 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Roseville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Roseville is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #150 of 273 in Minnesota. Job access by car holds Roseville’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Roseville could be anywhere from B to A−.
Roseville by day and by night
On a workday 14,610 residents head out to work and 1,416 work right here.
About 51,000 people are in Roseville on a workday afternoon, 44% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Roseville’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Commuting in to Roseville: where workers come from
Where Roseville clocks in
22% of workers
17% of workers
3% 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.
What Roseville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roseville, 2013 → 2023: 33,622 → 31,634. 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 Roseville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roseville workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13,289 commuters (the 23% 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.
Roseville is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.9% 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 17,175 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 85% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 10.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% 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). 9.7% of Roseville households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Roseville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Roseville places 604th of 1,219 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 25,000 to 48,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 4 | Prior Lake MN | 28,140 | $134K | 3.1% | 1.5% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Andover MN | 33,874 | $138K | 3.3% | 2.8% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Chanhassen MN | 25,748 | $144K | 2.9% | 3.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 602 | Beverly Hills CA | 30,764 | $133K | 9.6% | 8.3% | 14% | B+ |
| 603 | West Melbourne FL | 31,285 | $93K | 7.3% | 4.5% | 7% | B+ |
| 604 | Roseville MN | 35,663 | $87K | 7.5% | 5.9% | 9% | B+ |
| 605 | Duluth GA | 33,815 | $95K | 8.9% | 5.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 606 | Delhi Township OH | 28,968 | $91K | 8.5% | 4.2% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,219 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Roseville, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Roseville and its neighbors: 19% work next door
The biggest share goes to St. Paul (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roseville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roseville | – | B+ | A | 21 min | $86,930 |
| Lauderdale | under 2% | A | A+ | 24 min | $78,684 |
| St. Paul | 17% | B− | A+ | 21 min | $73,394 |
| Shoreview | under 2% | A | A− | 22 min | $108,370 |
| Falcon Heights | under 2% | A− | A+ | 22 min | $96,528 |
| Maplewood | 2% | B+ | A− | 22 min | $91,394 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roseville’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 Roseville: questions
What is the median household income in Roseville?
$86,930 (±$3,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roseville?
7.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roseville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roseville work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (22%, 7 mi), St. Paul (17%, 5 mi), Edina (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Roseville walkable?
Roseville is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roseville without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roseville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roseville
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.