At 1.0%, unemployment in St. Anthony is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 26.2 in Minneapolis. The two grades for St. Anthony are A+ for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. For 28% of workers, the job is at home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set St. Anthony apart
St. Anthony and Minneapolis trade workers both ways
Minneapolis is the top workplace for St. Anthony residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in St. Anthony come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most St. Anthony 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 ↓
A lot of St. Anthony works from home
28% of St. Anthony workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside St. Anthony
72% of St. Anthony residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 53% of the jobs based in St. Anthony pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
How St. Anthony earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Anthony is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #43 of 273 in Minnesota. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 98% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.9%, U.S. 12.5%). 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, St. Anthony could be anywhere from A to A+.
31% of working residents work in Minneapolis
Where St. Anthony clocks in
31% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
How far St. Anthony’s workers travel
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.
A commute of about 19 minutes in St. Anthony
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Anthony workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,416 commuters (the 28% 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.
What St. Anthony’s employers do
3,524 jobs are based in St. Anthony.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Anthony, 2013 → 2023: 3,167 → 3,524. 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 St. Anthony’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes St. Anthony
On a workday 4,204 residents head out to work, 178 work right here, and 3,346 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 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.
Good to walk, short on transit: St. Anthony
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Anthony is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns, #4 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place St. Anthony 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 4,724 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 66% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 85% 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). 9.5% of St. Anthony households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of St. Anthony’s commuters take a bus or train.
St. Anthony next to U.S. towns of 7,000 to 13,500: 206th of 2,744 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 11 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Lynnfield MA | 13,274 | $175K | 6.0% | 3.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 205 | Scioto Township OH | 11,677 | $95K | 3.1% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 206 | St. Anthony MN | 9,989 | $97K | 6.9% | 1.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 207 | Orono MN | 8,301 | $174K | 6.2% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 208 | Malverne NY | 8,476 | $149K | 8.2% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,744 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 St. Anthony, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door is work for 31% of St. Anthony
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Anthony workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anthony | – | A+ | A+ | 19 min | $97,363 |
| Minneapolis | 31% | B− | A+ | 22 min | $80,846 |
| New Brighton | under 2% | A | A | 20 min | $88,521 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Minneapolis. Darker towns draw more of St. Anthony’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 St. Anthony: questions
What is the median household income in St. Anthony?
$97,363 (±$12,031) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Anthony?
6.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Anthony?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Anthony work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (31%, 5 mi), St. Paul (9%, 8 mi), Roseville (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Anthony walkable?
St. Anthony is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.5 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Anthony without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 66% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Anthony, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Anthony
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.