Drive time
Suburbs with the shortest drive to downtown Saint Paul
Drive time from the middle of each city to Downtown Saint Paul in light traffic. Rush hour adds time; residents' average one-way commute (to wherever they work) is shown too.
20 places
The list
How we made it: Every city in our community guides except Saint Paul itself, ranked by drive time in light traffic from OpenStreetMap routing.
- 1West St. PaulDakota County
- Drive to downtown
- 10 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 4
- Residents’ average commute
- 22.4 min
- 2LilydaleDakota County
- Drive to downtown
- 11 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 4
- Residents’ average commute
- 18.2 min
- 3Little CanadaRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 13 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 5
- Residents’ average commute
- 23.6 min
- 4MendotaDakota County
- Drive to downtown
- 13 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 6
- Residents’ average commute
- 21.1 min
- 5Mendota HeightsDakota County
- Drive to downtown
- 13 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 6
- Residents’ average commute
- 19.6 min
- 6LandfallWashington County
- Drive to downtown
- 14 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 6
- Residents’ average commute
- 21.1 min
- 7LauderdaleRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 14 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 6
- Residents’ average commute
- 23.7 min
- 8MaplewoodRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 15 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 5
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- 9MinneapolisHennepin County
- Drive to downtown
- 15 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 9
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- 10RosevilleRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 15 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 5
- Residents’ average commute
- 20.7 min
- 11NewportWashington County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 7
- Residents’ average commute
- 25.2 min
- 12North St. PaulRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 6
- Residents’ average commute
- 21.7 min
- 13South St. PaulDakota County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 5
- Residents’ average commute
- 21.3 min
- 14Sunfish LakeDakota County
- Drive to downtown
- 16 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 6
- Residents’ average commute
- 18.6 min
- 15Falcon HeightsRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 17 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 5
- Residents’ average commute
- 21.6 min
- 16EaganDakota County
- Drive to downtown
- 18 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 10
- Residents’ average commute
- 21.2 min
- 17Inver Grove HeightsDakota County
- Drive to downtown
- 18 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 9
- Residents’ average commute
- 22.3 min
- 18OakdaleWashington County
- Drive to downtown
- 18 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 7
- Residents’ average commute
- 23.5 min
- 19Vadnais HeightsRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 18 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 7
- Residents’ average commute
- 22.9 min
- 20New BrightonRamsey County
- Drive to downtown
- 19 min
- Miles (straight line)
- 10
- Residents’ average commute
- 20 min
Quick answers
Questions about this list
Which suburb is closest to downtown Saint Paul?
West St. Paul: about 10 minutes by car in light traffic, the shortest drive of the cities in our guides.
Are these rush-hour times?
No. They are light-traffic drive times from OpenStreetMap routing, so allow more at rush hour. The Census column shows how long residents actually spend getting to work, wherever that is.
Sources: Drive times: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data (router.project-osrm.org), light-traffic estimates from the Census center point of each city. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Every place links to our guide to it; open it for schools, Census facts, drive times and homes for sale.
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