Work & commute · Baxter

Work & commute in Baxter, MN

About one in 5 of Baxter’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (27%), Duluth (2%) and Nisswa (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

833 of 3,884 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,051 Baxter residents head out of town to work, 833 work right here, and 6,145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baxter.

3,051live here, work elsewhere

833live and work here

6,145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baxter goes to work

Brainerd3.8 mi away

27%1,055

Baxter (in town)right here

21%833

Duluth106 mi away

2%89

Nisswa10.9 mi away

2%87

Minneapolis107.1 mi away

2%82

St. Cloud56.7 mi away

2%68

Little Falls24.9 mi away

2%59

Lake Edward10.8 mi away

1%55

Pillager9.7 mi away

1%54

Staples25.8 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,451

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

How far

How far Baxter commutes

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

57%

11%

28%

57%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baxter is a job hub

1.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Baxter are

6,978 jobs are based in Baxter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baxter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Baxter

6,978 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Baxter residents hold

3,884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+7%

Jobs based in Baxter, 2013 → 2023: 6,523 → 6,978. 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.