Work & commute · Crow Wing

Work & commute in Crow Wing, MN

Most working residents leave Crow Wing for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (30%), Baxter (15%) and Little Falls (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 982 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 958 Crow Wing residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 647 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crow Wing.

958live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

647work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crow Wing goes to work

Brainerd5.7 mi away

30%295

Baxter4.8 mi away

15%151

Little Falls20.8 mi away

4%42

Crow Wing (in town)right here

2%24

Duluth105.8 mi away

2%21

Minneapolis102.3 mi away

2%19

Kathio25.6 mi away

2%15

St. Cloud52.1 mi away

1%14

Oak Lawn8.3 mi away

1%14

St. Paul107.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%376

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

How far

How far Crow Wing commutes

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

53%

13%

26%

53%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crow Wing is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crow Wing are

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

Jobs based in Crow Wing

671 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Crow Wing residents hold

982 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+290%

Jobs based in Crow Wing, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 671. 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.