Work & commute · Fox Lake

Work & commute in Fox Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Fox Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (29%), Mankato (9%) and Welcome (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 119 Fox Lake residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fox Lake.

119live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fox Lake goes to work

Fairmont11.4 mi away

29%36

Mankato46.7 mi away

9%11

Welcome4.6 mi away

5%6

Sherburn5.1 mi away

3%4

Truman14 mi away

3%4

Fox Lake (in town)right here

3%4

Granada16.1 mi away

2%3

Wells46.8 mi away

2%3

St. James18.6 mi away

2%3

Rolling Green8.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%46

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

How far

How far Fox Lake commutes

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

25%

40%

18%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fox Lake is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fox Lake are

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

Jobs based in Fox Lake

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Fox Lake residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+236%

Jobs based in Fox Lake, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 47. 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.