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Hopkins Sees Big Gain in Workers During the Day

About 24 percent more workers come into the city than live here.

Hopkins’ many workplaces have made the community a draw for workers, according to recently released Census data.

About 24 percent more workers come into the city than live here, based on estimates from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey. In all, commuters increase the city’s population by 2,224 people—from a resident population of 17,420 to a population of 19,644 during the workday.

Southwest metro cities all showed strong results in the survey—and Hopkins actually came in below its neighbors. While St. Louis Park posted a comparable 27 percent increase, cities like Edina and Golden Valley posted much bigger gains.

The situation is less rosy for Lake Minnetonka communities, the north metro and cities south of Eden Prairie and Bloomington.

Use the map above to compare how Minnesota cities fared. The map is colored according to each city’s “employment-residence ratio”—which compares the number of workers in a community to the number of workers who live there.

Ratios greater than 1.0 mean more people work in a community than it has workers living there. A community with a ranking of 1.19, for example, would have 19 percent more workers working there. By contrast, communities with ratios less than 1.0 send more residents to other communities to work than they receive.

The colors mean:

  • Red: .23 to .5
  • Yellow: .5 to 1
  • Blue: 1 to 1.5
  • Green: 1.5 to 5

The map only includes communities with either 2,500 workers living there or 2,500 workers who go there to work.


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