Work & commute · Fish Lake

Work & commute in Fish Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Fish Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (12%), Minneapolis (6%) and St. Paul (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 1,097 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,087 Fish Lake residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fish Lake.

1,087live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fish Lake goes to work

Cambridge7.6 mi away

12%135

Minneapolis44.5 mi away

6%70

St. Paul44.6 mi away

5%60

Rush City8.4 mi away

5%56

North Branch8.3 mi away

4%49

Edina50.5 mi away

3%35

Blaine29.9 mi away

3%34

Coon Rapids31 mi away

2%23

Forest Lake24.3 mi away

2%23

Plymouth43.7 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%591

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

How far

How far Fish Lake commutes

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

24%

14%

46%

16%

24%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fish Lake is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fish Lake are

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

Jobs based in Fish Lake

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Fish Lake residents hold

1,097 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−12%

Jobs based in Fish Lake, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 79. 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.