Work & commute · French Lake

Work & commute in French Lake, MN

Most working residents leave French Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Annandale (12%), Buffalo (7%) and St. Cloud (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 592 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 589 French Lake residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in French Lake.

589live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where French Lake goes to work

Annandale5.7 mi away

12%72

Buffalo16.3 mi away

7%44

St. Cloud22.8 mi away

7%40

Maple Lake9.5 mi away

5%27

Cokato8.3 mi away

4%24

Minneapolis48.1 mi away

4%22

Plymouth37.8 mi away

3%19

Monticello21.1 mi away

2%12

Southside5.4 mi away

2%12

Minnetonka40.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%309

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

How far

How far French Lake commutes

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

25%

28%

35%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

French Lake is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in French Lake are

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

Jobs based in French Lake

103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs French Lake residents hold

592 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−1%

Jobs based in French Lake, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 103. 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.