Work & commute · Cass Lake

Work & commute in Cass Lake, MN

About one in 4 of Cass Lake’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pike Bay (18%), Bemidji (11%) and Shingobee (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

49 of 199 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 150 Cass Lake residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 1,401 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cass Lake.

150live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

1,401work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cass Lake goes to work

Cass Lake (in town)right here

25%49

Pike Bay1.6 mi away

18%36

Bemidji15.2 mi away

11%22

Shingobee21.1 mi away

6%12

Minneapolis178.7 mi away

5%10

Walker20 mi away

3%5

Minnetonka177.7 mi away

2%4

Eden Prairie183.1 mi away

2%3

Elk River149.8 mi away

1%2

Duluth123.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%54

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

How far

How far Cass Lake commutes

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

43%

26%

28%

43%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cass Lake is a job hub

7.29jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cass Lake are

1,450 jobs are based in Cass Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cass Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cass Lake

1,450 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Cass Lake residents hold

199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+131%

Jobs based in Cass Lake, 2013 → 2023: 627 → 1,450. 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.