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Work & commute · Fall Lake

Work & commute in Fall Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Fall Lake for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ely (10%), Duluth (10%) and Two Harbors (6%). Half commute less than 63 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
9 of 218 working residents
Typical commute
63 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 209 Fall Lake residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fall Lake.

209live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
108work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Fall Lake goes to work

Oak ParkElyTwo HarborsSilver BayDuluthSuperiorBeaver BayFall LakeStony RiverTofteSilver CreekDuluthMorseCrystal BayElyDuluthTwo HarborsSilver BayCrystal BaySilver CreekSuperiorTofteMorseFall Lake
1
Ely21 mi away
10%22
2
Duluth90.4 mi away
10%22
3
Two Harbors67.4 mi away
6%14
4
Silver Bay48.5 mi away
6%14
5
Crystal Bay27.6 mi away
5%10
6
Fall Lake (in town)right here
4%9
7
Silver Creek51.9 mi away
4%8
8
Superior, WI94.8 mi away
3%7
9
Tofte30.7 mi away
3%7
10
Morse27.6 mi away
3%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%98

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

How far

How far Fall Lake commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
6%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
63%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fall Lake is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fall Lake are

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

Jobs based in Fall Lake

117 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)84%
$1,250 a month or less54%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Fall Lake residents hold

218 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+14%

Jobs based in Fall Lake, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 117. 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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