Work & commute · Ansel

Work & commute in Ansel, MN

Most working residents leave Ansel for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (12%), Pequot Lakes (12%) and Pine River (9%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 34 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 34 Ansel residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ansel.

34live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ansel goes to work

Brainerd32.8 mi away

12%4

Pequot Lakes21.1 mi away

12%4

Pine River15.6 mi away

9%3

Wilson15.5 mi away

9%3

Baxter30.7 mi away

6%2

St. Paul142 mi away

6%2

Blackduck73.8 mi away

3%1

Jenkins18.5 mi away

3%1

Breezy Point24.5 mi away

3%1

Nisswa23.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%12

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

How far

How far Ansel commutes

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

44%

21%

35%

0%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ansel is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ansel are

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

Jobs based in Ansel

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Ansel residents hold

34 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month29%

−14%

Jobs based in Ansel, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 6. 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.