Work & commute · Emily

Work & commute in Emily, MN

Most working residents leave Emily for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Crosslake (16%), Brainerd (8%) and Baxter (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

35 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 295 Emily residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emily.

295live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emily goes to work

Crosslake8.3 mi away

16%54

Emily (in town)right here

11%35

Brainerd30.4 mi away

8%28

Baxter32.6 mi away

4%13

Aitkin21.2 mi away

3%11

Crosby19.1 mi away

3%9

Duluth87.4 mi away

2%8

St. Paul132.6 mi away

2%7

Jenkins18.4 mi away

2%6

Minneapolis129.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%153

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

How far

How far Emily commutes

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

24%

26%

17%

33%

24%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emily is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emily are

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

Jobs based in Emily

201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Emily residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+31%

Jobs based in Emily, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 201. 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.