Work & commute · Garrison

Work & commute in Garrison, MN

Most working residents leave Garrison for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (19%), Kathio (10%) and Baxter (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 370 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 364 Garrison residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garrison.

364live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garrison goes to work

Brainerd15.9 mi away

19%69

Kathio10.4 mi away

10%38

Baxter19.3 mi away

8%31

Garrison2.8 mi away

4%16

Aitkin18.6 mi away

3%10

Little Falls30.7 mi away

2%7

St. Cloud54.3 mi away

2%7

Onamia18.1 mi away

2%6

Crow Wing17.2 mi away

2%6

Garrison (in town)right here

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%174

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

How far

How far Garrison commutes

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

15%

48%

28%

15%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garrison 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 Garrison are

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

Jobs based in Garrison

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Garrison residents hold

370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−40%

Jobs based in Garrison, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 63. 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.