St. Louis Park Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in St. Louis Park, 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 St. Louis Park: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in St. Louis Park spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 156 hours, about 6.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% less time on the road than the Minnesota average of 20.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.6 minutes.

St. Louis Park holds about 0.9% of Minnesota's population but accounts for roughly 0.8% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in St. Louis Park would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,930 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)
St. Louis Park	18.7 min	37.4 min	156 hrs/yr	$4,826	2,427
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.

St. Louis Park Commute Map

On average, it takes 18.7 minutes to get to work in St. Louis Park. That's 17% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 28.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in St. Louis Park

Commute Mode Trends in St. Louis Park, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in St. Louis Park 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	Public Transportation	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	85.6%	4.1%	7.0%	2.0%	0.2%	0.9%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	85.4%	4.6%	6.9%	1.7%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	85.0%	5.0%	6.6%	1.7%	0.2%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	85.5%	4.8%	6.5%	1.6%	0.2%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	85.9%	4.7%	6.4%	1.4%	0.3%	1.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	86.0%	4.5%	6.0%	1.7%	0.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	85.2%	4.9%	6.0%	2.1%	0.4%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	84.9%	5.0%	6.1%	2.2%	0.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	84.3%	5.2%	6.0%	2.5%	0.5%	1.4%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	84.7%	5.3%	5.9%	2.1%	0.6%	1.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	84.7%	5.8%	5.5%	2.0%	0.5%	1.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	80.4%	10.7%	5.1%	1.6%	1.0%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	76.0%	16.3%	4.1%	1.6%	1.1%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	71.3%	21.3%	3.6%	1.9%	1.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	68.6%	25.2%	2.6%	1.8%	1.2%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	66.1%	28.1%	2.0%	1.7%	1.1%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2014 at 86.0%. Overall it fell from 85.6% in 2009 to 66.1% in 2024, down 19.5 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in St. Louis Park: its share of workers rose from 4.1% in 2009 to 28.1% in 2024, up 24.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 22.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 7.0% to 2.0% of workers (down 5.0 percentage points).

Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in St. Louis Park

What Time Do People Leave for Work in St. Louis Park?

The bars show when commuters in St. Louis Park 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		2.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		1.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.9%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.9%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		18.8%
8:00-8:29 AM		17.1%
8:30-8:59 AM		7.8%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.8%

St. Louis Park Minnesota Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in St. Louis Park is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 18.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Minnesota. Early starts are less common than in Minnesota: 7.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.0% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Minnesota: 59.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.2% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.6%) 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 St. Louis Park, 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 St. Louis Park 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 St. Louis Park 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	St. Louis Park	Minnesota	United States
2009	7:48 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:47 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:50 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:51 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:52 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:52 AM	7:36 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:53 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:52 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:50 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:49 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:49 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:49 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:50 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:52 AM	7:34 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:54 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:53 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in St. Louis Park were on the road by 7:53 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:48 AM). Across Minnesota, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in St. Louis Park now leave 15 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 St. Louis Park has moved 3 minutes later.

How does St. Louis Park's commute time compare?

Metric	St. Louis Park	Minnesota	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.7 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	28.1%	17.6%	15.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.5%	2.4%
Public Transit	2.0%	1.8%	3.2%

The average commute time in St. Louis Park is 18.7 minutes, shorter than the 20.3 minutes in Minnesota.

2.0% commute by public transit, higher than the 1.8% in Minnesota. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.5% in Minnesota.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

St. Louis Park, MN Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How St. Louis Park, MN compares with the 2 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
St. Louis Park, MN	49,539	18.7 min #2/3	28.1% #3/3	7:53 AM #1/3
Golden Valley, MN	21,735	20.4 min	29.5%	8:00 AM
Edina, MN	53,267	18.2 min	29.2%	8:01 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Is commuting expensive in St. Louis Park, Minnesota?

Commuters here spend an estimated 156 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,826 at a typical national wage. That's 8% less than the typical Minnesota commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in St. Louis Park, Minnesota?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How much time do residents in St. Louis Park, Minnesota save by working from home?

About 28.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in St. Louis Park would save about 62 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,930 at the same national wage assumption used above.