Work & commute · Finlayson

Work & commute in Finlayson, MN

Most working residents leave Finlayson for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sandstone (13%), Hinckley (12%) and Finlayson (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 176 Finlayson residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Finlayson.

176live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Finlayson goes to work

Sandstone5.6 mi away

13%24

Hinckley13.9 mi away

12%23

Finlayson3.6 mi away

5%10

Finlayson (in town)right here

5%9

Askov3.8 mi away

4%8

Moose Lake17.2 mi away

4%7

Willow River7.9 mi away

3%6

Mora31.1 mi away

3%6

Windemere12.5 mi away

3%6

Pine City26.1 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%81

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

How far

How far Finlayson commutes

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

31%

25%

12%

32%

31%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Finlayson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Finlayson are

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

Jobs based in Finlayson

157 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Finlayson residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−21%

Jobs based in Finlayson, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 157. 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.