Work & commute · Gem Lake

Work & commute in Gem Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Gem Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minneapolis (15%), St. Paul (11%) and White Bear Lake (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Gem Lake residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 677 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gem Lake.

226live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

677work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gem Lake goes to work

Minneapolis13.1 mi away

15%35

St. Paul8.4 mi away

11%26

White Bear Lake1.3 mi away

7%15

Vadnais Heights1.4 mi away

6%14

Fridley10.9 mi away

4%9

Roseville6.5 mi away

4%9

Edina19.6 mi away

3%7

Woodbury12.1 mi away

3%7

Bloomington21 mi away

3%6

Little Canada3.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%96

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

How far

How far Gem Lake commutes

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

48%

47%

48%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

2%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gem Lake is a job hub

2.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gem Lake are

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

Jobs based in Gem Lake

680 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Gem Lake residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+22%

Jobs based in Gem Lake, 2013 → 2023: 558 → 680. 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.