Work & commute · Crow Lake

Work & commute in Crow Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Crow Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Belgrade (14%), Crow River (8%) and Brooten (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 145 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 144 Crow Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crow Lake.

144live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crow Lake goes to work

Belgrade3.9 mi away

14%20

Crow River6.9 mi away

8%11

Brooten4.3 mi away

6%9

St. Cloud44.3 mi away

6%9

Sauk Centre21.1 mi away

6%8

Paynesville17.9 mi away

4%6

Minneapolis94.2 mi away

3%5

Melrose20.6 mi away

3%4

New London12.8 mi away

3%4

Bangor8.2 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%65

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

How far

How far Crow Lake commutes

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

33%

29%

11%

27%

33%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crow Lake is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crow Lake are

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

Jobs based in Crow Lake

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)94%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Crow Lake residents hold

145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−19%

Jobs based in Crow Lake, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 63. 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.