Work & commute · Farm Island

Work & commute in Farm Island, MN

Most working residents leave Farm Island for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Aitkin (28%), Brainerd (4%) and Baxter (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 415 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 410 Farm Island residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farm Island.

410live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farm Island goes to work

Aitkin5.1 mi away

28%116

Brainerd22.5 mi away

4%17

Baxter26.3 mi away

4%15

Aitkin6.2 mi away

3%12

Hazelton9.1 mi away

3%11

Nordland5.6 mi away

3%11

McGregor23.8 mi away

2%10

Minneapolis106.1 mi away

2%9

St. Cloud67.6 mi away

2%8

Duluth79.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%198

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

How far

How far Farm Island commutes

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

39%

16%

37%

39%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farm Island is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farm Island are

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

Jobs based in Farm Island

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Farm Island residents hold

415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−42%

Jobs based in Farm Island, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 56. 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.