Work & commute · Elbow Lake

Work & commute in Elbow Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Elbow Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (17%), Morris (11%) and Elbow Lake (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 54 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 54 Elbow Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elbow Lake.

54live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elbow Lake goes to work

Alexandria33.9 mi away

17%9

Morris27.7 mi away

11%6

Elbow Lake4.6 mi away

7%4

Barrett8.9 mi away

7%4

Ashby14.8 mi away

6%3

Lowry32.2 mi away

4%2

Hoffman16.5 mi away

4%2

Minneapolis152.5 mi away

4%2

Elk Lake13.7 mi away

4%2

Brandon22.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%19

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

How far

How far Elbow Lake commutes

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

17%

24%

43%

17%

17%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elbow Lake is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elbow Lake are

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

Jobs based in Elbow Lake

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Elbow Lake residents hold

54 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+53%

Jobs based in Elbow Lake, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 23. 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.