Work & commute · Alaska

Work & commute in Alaska, MN

Most working residents leave Alaska for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (28%), Blackduck (21%) and Redby (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 81 Alaska residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alaska.

81live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alaska goes to work

Bemidji21.3 mi away

28%23

Blackduck22.8 mi away

21%17

Redby9.3 mi away

5%4

Red Lake6.8 mi away

4%3

Minnetonka210.5 mi away

2%2

Northern18.2 mi away

2%2

Grattan44.4 mi away

2%2

Cass Lake34.3 mi away

1%1

Bigfork64.6 mi away

1%1

Keewatin95 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%25

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

How far

How far Alaska commutes

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

10%

51%

17%

22%

10%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alaska is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.02 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alaska are

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

Jobs based in Alaska

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Alaska residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−92%

Jobs based in Alaska, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 2. 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.