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 (11%), Hinckley (9%) and Moose Lake (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 124 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 118 Finlayson residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Finlayson.

118live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

216work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Finlayson goes to work

Sandstone6.4 mi away

11%14

Hinckley13.7 mi away

9%11

Moose Lake18.4 mi away

8%10

Finlayson3.6 mi away

7%9

Askov7.2 mi away

5%6

Finlayson (in town)right here

5%6

Mora28.8 mi away

3%4

Bruno13.5 mi away

2%3

Pine City25.6 mi away

2%3

Roseville83.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%55

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.

33%

26%

13%

28%

33%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Finlayson is a job hub

1.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Finlayson are

222 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

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Finlayson residents hold

124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+45%

Jobs based in Finlayson, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 222. 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.