Work & commute · Crow Wing Lake

Work & commute in Crow Wing Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Crow Wing Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Park Rapids (36%), Nevis (4%) and Detroit Lakes (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 130 Crow Wing Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crow Wing Lake.

130live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crow Wing Lake goes to work

Park Rapids10 mi away

36%47

Nevis9.1 mi away

4%5

Detroit Lakes45.6 mi away

4%5

Bemidji45 mi away

3%4

Henrietta7.6 mi away

3%4

Perham36.8 mi away

2%3

Fargo, ND92 mi away

2%3

Felton78.3 mi away

2%2

Menahga11.9 mi away

2%2

East Grand Forks125 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%54

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

How far

How far Crow Wing Lake commutes

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

27%

29%

18%

26%

27%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crow Wing Lake is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crow Wing Lake are

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

Jobs based in Crow Wing Lake

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Crow Wing Lake residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+150%

Jobs based in Crow Wing Lake, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 5. 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.