Work & commute · Aitkin

Work & commute in Aitkin, MN

About one in 3 of Aitkin’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (8%), Aitkin (5%) and McGregor (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

337 of 898 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 561 Aitkin residents head out of town to work, 337 work right here, and 1,565 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aitkin.

561live here, work elsewhere

337live and work here

1,565work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aitkin goes to work

Aitkin (in town)right here

38%337

Brainerd26.3 mi away

8%68

Aitkin2.8 mi away

5%45

McGregor20.1 mi away

2%22

Crosby11.7 mi away

2%19

Minneapolis110 mi away

2%19

Kathio23.9 mi away

2%18

St. Paul112.8 mi away

2%15

Baxter30 mi away

1%13

St. Cloud72.6 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%331

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Aitkin commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

45%

14%

13%

27%

45%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aitkin is a job hub

2.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aitkin are

1,902 jobs are based in Aitkin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aitkin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aitkin

1,902 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Aitkin residents hold

898 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−23%

Jobs based in Aitkin, 2013 → 2023: 2,482 → 1,902. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.