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Work & commute · Dead Lake

Work & commute in Dead Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Dead Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fergus Falls (16%), Perham (15%) and New York Mills (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 231 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 231 Dead Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dead Lake.

231live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
26work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dead Lake goes to work

ElizabethRothsayNew York MillsPelican RapidsPerhamWadenaDetroit LakesFergus FallsWillmarApple ValleyFargoScandia ValleyEdnaAmorStar LakeRush LakeDead LakePerhamFergus FallsPerhamNew York MillsDetroit LakesFargoPelican RapidsStar LakeRothsayWadenaWillmarDead Lake
1
Fergus Falls22.1 mi away
16%38
2
Perham10.2 mi away
15%35
3
New York Mills16.9 mi away
8%18
4
Detroit Lakes22.4 mi away
5%11
5
Fargo, ND58.3 mi away
3%8
6
Pelican Rapids17.9 mi away
3%7
7
Star Lake3.9 mi away
2%5
8
Rothsay26.6 mi away
2%4
9
Wadena28.7 mi away
2%4
10
Willmar100.1 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%97

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

How far

How far Dead Lake commutes

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

17%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dead Lake is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dead Lake are

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

Jobs based in Dead Lake

26 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)38%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less50%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Dead Lake residents hold

231 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+550%

Jobs based in Dead Lake, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 26. 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.

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