Work & commute · Ash Lake

Work & commute in Ash Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Ash Lake for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (18%), Hendricks (12%) and Tyler (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 55 Ash Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ash Lake.

55live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ash Lake goes to work

Marshall23.9 mi away

18%10

Hendricks9.7 mi away

12%7

Tyler12.1 mi away

7%4

Brookings, SD26.8 mi away

7%4

Ivanhoe3 mi away

4%2

Ash Lake (in town)right here

4%2

Alta Vista13 mi away

4%2

Ruthton18.9 mi away

2%1

Russell17.7 mi away

2%1

Canby20.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%23

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

How far

How far Ash Lake commutes

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

19%

39%

14%

28%

19%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ash Lake is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ash Lake are

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

Jobs based in Ash Lake

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Ash Lake residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+24%

Jobs based in Ash Lake, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 36. 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.