Work & commute · Garrison

Work & commute in Garrison, MN

Most working residents leave Garrison for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (20%), Kathio (8%) and Onamia (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 78 Garrison residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garrison.

78live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garrison goes to work

Brainerd18.2 mi away

20%17

Kathio9.5 mi away

8%7

Garrison (in town)right here

6%5

Onamia17.5 mi away

5%4

Aitkin16.8 mi away

4%3

St. Cloud55.9 mi away

4%3

Minnetonka96.1 mi away

4%3

Little Falls33.2 mi away

2%2

Baxter21.7 mi away

2%2

St. Paul99.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%35

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.

17%

37%

12%

34%

17%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garrison is a job hub

2.35jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garrison are

195 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

195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Garrison residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−18%

Jobs based in Garrison, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 195. 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.