Work & commute · Crane Lake

Work & commute in Crane Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Crane Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Greenwood (20%), Virginia (17%) and Fayal (10%). Half commute less than 51 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 30 working residents

Typical commute

51 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 30 Crane Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crane Lake.

30live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crane Lake goes to work

Greenwood34.7 mi away

20%6

Virginia56.9 mi away

17%5

Fayal64.9 mi away

10%3

Tower38.8 mi away

7%2

Mountain Iron56.4 mi away

7%2

Camp 517 mi away

7%2

Roseville, CA1573.8 mi away

3%1

St. Cloud209.9 mi away

3%1

Minnetonka240.2 mi away

3%1

Maple Grove227.6 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%6

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

How far

How far Crane Lake commutes

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

33%

60%

0%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

60%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crane Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crane Lake are

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

Jobs based in Crane Lake

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Crane Lake residents hold

30 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−78%

Jobs based in Crane Lake, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 44. 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.