Work & commute · Chisago Lake

Work & commute in Chisago Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Chisago Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (9%), St. Paul (6%) and Chisago City (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 2,446 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,425 Chisago Lake residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 296 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chisago Lake.

2,425live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

296work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chisago Lake goes to work

Minneapolis39.4 mi away

9%220

St. Paul36.2 mi away

6%155

Chisago City7 mi away

6%145

Lindstrom3.8 mi away

5%133

Forest Lake14.7 mi away

5%122

Edina46.1 mi away

4%93

Plymouth42.9 mi away

2%61

Wyoming10.4 mi away

2%50

Bloomington48.4 mi away

2%48

Roseville33.3 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,374

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

How far

How far Chisago Lake commutes

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

22%

21%

50%

22%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chisago Lake is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chisago Lake are

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

Jobs based in Chisago Lake

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Chisago Lake residents hold

2,446 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+76%

Jobs based in Chisago Lake, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 317. 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.