Photo: Eco84 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in St. Bonifacius (1.2%) than in 93% of U.S. towns
St. Bonifacius grades A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. Only 4% work in St. Bonifacius; the top destination outside it is Minneapolis (8%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: St. Bonifacius in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
59% of the jobs in St. Bonifacius are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
42% of the jobs based in St. Bonifacius are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of St. Bonifacius’ own working residents. The jobs ↓
St. Bonifacius is a place people come home to
There are 333 jobs based in St. Bonifacius, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Bonifacius has about 1,300 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside St. Bonifacius
68% of St. Bonifacius residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 50% of the jobs based in St. Bonifacius pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
St. Bonifacius’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside St. Bonifacius is Minneapolis, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (91) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 St. Bonifacius
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Bonifacius is better than 98% of U.S. towns. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides St. Bonifacius’ grade. 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, St. Bonifacius could be anywhere from A to A+.
Inside St. Bonifacius’ 333 jobs
333 jobs are based in St. Bonifacius.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Bonifacius, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 333. 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. Bonifacius’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of St. Bonifacius, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,136 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in St. Bonifacius on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
The distance from St. Bonifacius to work
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.
The places St. Bonifacius commutes to
Where St. Bonifacius clocks in
8% 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.
About 26 minutes each way for St. Bonifacius’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Bonifacius workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 962 commuters (the 20% 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.
Getting around St. Bonifacius: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Bonifacius is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place St. Bonifacius 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 1,202 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.1% of St. Bonifacius households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Bonifacius’ commuters take a bus or train.
77th of 5,404: where St. Bonifacius ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Tonka Bay MN | 1,561 | $156K | 3.5% | 9.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Stillwater Township MN | 1,831 | $162K | 3.4% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | South Coventry Township PA | 2,822 | $158K | 0.9% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 76 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 77 | St. Bonifacius MN | 2,171 | $110K | 2.2% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 78 | Clinton NJ | 2,794 | $141K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 7% | A+ |
| 79 | Peapack and Gladstone NJ | 2,587 | $203K | 1.1% | 3.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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. Bonifacius, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
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. Bonifacius: questions
What is the median household income in St. Bonifacius?
$109,922 (±$19,783) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Bonifacius?
2.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Bonifacius?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Bonifacius work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minneapolis (8%, 24 mi), Eden Prairie (8%, 15 mi), Waconia (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Bonifacius walkable?
St. Bonifacius is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Bonifacius without a car?
0% 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 St. Bonifacius, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Bonifacius
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.