Work & commute · Boon Lake

Work & commute in Boon Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Boon Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hutchinson (18%), Buffalo Lake (14%) and Hector (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 160 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 159 Boon Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boon Lake.

159live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boon Lake goes to work

Hutchinson9.6 mi away

18%28

Buffalo Lake7.7 mi away

14%23

Hector10.1 mi away

8%12

Glencoe20.8 mi away

4%6

Willmar31 mi away

4%6

Olivia21.8 mi away

3%5

Minneapolis63.9 mi away

3%4

Hector8.4 mi away

3%4

Stewart9 mi away

2%3

Springfield46.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%66

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

How far

How far Boon Lake commutes

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

32%

31%

17%

20%

32%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boon Lake is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boon Lake are

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

Jobs based in Boon Lake

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Boon Lake residents hold

160 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+329%

Jobs based in Boon Lake, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 30. 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.