Work & commute · East Side

Work & commute in East Side, MN

Most working residents leave East Side for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Isle (17%), Kathio (9%) and Onamia (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 244 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 237 East Side residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Side.

237live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Side goes to work

Isle5.1 mi away

17%41

Kathio11 mi away

9%21

Onamia12.3 mi away

6%14

St. Cloud57 mi away

4%9

Minneapolis86.5 mi away

4%9

East Side (in town)right here

3%7

Milaca31.7 mi away

2%6

Hillman14 mi away

2%6

Aitkin24.4 mi away

2%4

Cambridge46.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%123

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

How far

How far East Side commutes

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

23%

15%

39%

23%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Side is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Side are

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

Jobs based in East Side

109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs East Side residents hold

244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−16%

Jobs based in East Side, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 109. 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.