Work & commute · Bay Lake

Work & commute in Bay Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Bay Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (10%), Crosby (8%) and Baxter (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 335 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 324 Bay Lake residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bay Lake.

324live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bay Lake goes to work

Brainerd15.6 mi away

10%35

Crosby9.1 mi away

8%28

Baxter19.4 mi away

6%19

Deerwood6.7 mi away

5%16

Aitkin13.4 mi away

5%16

St. Cloud60.1 mi away

3%11

Bay Lake (in town)right here

3%11

Garrison5.5 mi away

3%9

Coon Rapids86.9 mi away

2%7

St. Paul105 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%176

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

How far

How far Bay Lake commutes

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

21%

30%

44%

21%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bay Lake is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bay Lake are

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

Jobs based in Bay Lake

127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Bay Lake residents hold

335 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+49%

Jobs based in Bay Lake, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 127. 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.