How long is the commute in Saint Paul?

Average travel time to work in Saint Paul, MN, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Saint Paul gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 18.2 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 59.3
• Carpooled: 10
• Transit: 6.5
• Walked: 3.7
• From home: 18.3

Average commute (minutes)

• Saint Paul: 18.2
• Ramsey County: 18.3
• MN: 19.4
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 18.3% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 4.7 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 5.1% of workers in 2015 to 18.3% in the latest estimates.