Work & commute · Deerwood

Work & commute in Deerwood, MN

Most working residents leave Deerwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Aitkin (10%), Brainerd (8%) and Crosby (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 180 Deerwood residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deerwood.

180live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deerwood goes to work

Aitkin10.1 mi away

10%19

Brainerd16.2 mi away

8%15

Crosby2.9 mi away

8%14

Baxter19.9 mi away

5%10

Deerwood (in town)right here

3%6

Minneapolis108.3 mi away

3%5

Deerwood1.4 mi away

3%5

Kathio21.5 mi away

3%5

Ironton5.1 mi away

2%4

Duluth86.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%99

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

How far

How far Deerwood commutes

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

21%

35%

36%

21%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deerwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Deerwood are

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

Jobs based in Deerwood

229 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Deerwood residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+29%

Jobs based in Deerwood, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 229. 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.