Work & commute · Boy Lake

Work & commute in Boy Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Boy Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cass Lake (12%), Walker (8%) and Rogers (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 49 Boy Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boy Lake.

49live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boy Lake goes to work

Cass Lake25.8 mi away

12%6

Walker15.9 mi away

8%4

Rogers7.8 mi away

8%4

Longville7.5 mi away

6%3

Shingobee16.5 mi away

6%3

Pike Bay25.1 mi away

6%3

Bemidji40.3 mi away

4%2

Crooked Lake22.2 mi away

4%2

Leech Lake17.6 mi away

4%2

Wabedo10.3 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%18

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

How far

How far Boy Lake commutes

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

16%

37%

24%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boy Lake is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boy Lake are

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

Jobs based in Boy Lake

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Boy Lake residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−21%

Jobs based in Boy Lake, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 11. 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.