Roseville Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Roseville, Minnesota: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Roseville: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Roseville spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% less time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 2.2 minutes.

Roseville holds about 0.6% of Minnesota's population and accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Roseville would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,873 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Roseville	18.1 min	36.3 min	151 hrs/yr	$4,683	3,439
Minnesota	20.3 min	40.6 min	169 hrs/yr	$5,249	854
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Roseville Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.1 minutes to get to work in Roseville. That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 22.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Roseville

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Roseville, versus 0.1% in Minnesota.

Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Roseville: 7.0 times less than the Minnesota average (0.0% vs 0.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Roseville, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Roseville get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	87.2%	4.8%	1.9%	0.4%	4.5%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	86.7%	4.8%	1.8%	0.4%	5.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	87.6%	4.1%	1.9%	0.3%	5.0%	0.9%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	86.8%	4.9%	1.6%	0.5%	4.3%	1.8%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	87.2%	4.9%	2.0%	0.4%	3.9%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	86.4%	5.5%	1.8%	0.4%	4.0%	1.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	86.1%	5.7%	1.7%	0.4%	4.2%	1.8%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	85.8%	6.1%	1.7%	0.4%	4.3%	1.6%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	86.7%	5.9%	2.1%	0.1%	4.3%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	87.3%	6.0%	1.8%	0.1%	3.9%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	87.0%	6.3%	1.9%	0.1%	3.7%	0.7%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	86.8%	8.0%	1.8%	0.0%	2.8%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	81.4%	13.2%	2.4%	0.4%	2.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	77.9%	16.6%	2.5%	1.0%	1.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	74.5%	20.0%	2.3%	1.1%	1.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2024	72.4%	22.6%	2.6%	1.2%	0.7%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 87.6%. Overall it fell from 87.2% in 2009 to 72.4% in 2024, down 14.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Roseville: its share of workers rose from 4.8% in 2009 to 22.6% in 2024, up 17.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 16.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 4.5% to 0.7% of workers (down 3.8 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Roseville

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Roseville?

The bars show when commuters in Roseville leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Minnesota for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		3.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		14.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		15.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		11.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.3%

Roseville Minnesota Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Roseville is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Minnesota. Early starts are less common than in Minnesota: 8.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush looks much like Minnesota's: 48.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (29.1%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Roseville, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Roseville Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Roseville next to Minnesota and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Roseville	Minnesota	United States
2009	7:46 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:43 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:41 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:44 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:46 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:47 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:50 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:49 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:44 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:45 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:45 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:42 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:44 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:48 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:49 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:51 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Roseville were on the road by 7:51 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:46 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Roseville now leave 13 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Roseville has moved 6 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Roseville in the whole series.

How does Roseville's commute time compare?

Metric	Roseville	Minnesota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.1 min	20.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	22.6%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.7%	1.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in Roseville is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.

0.7% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 2.6% commute by walking, higher than the 2.5% in Minnesota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Roseville, Minnesota.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Roseville, Minnesota?

Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,683 at a typical national wage. That's 11% less than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Roseville, Minnesota?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Roseville, Minnesota. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.