Work & commute · Graham Lakes

Work & commute in Graham Lakes, MN

Most working residents leave Graham Lakes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Worthington (37%), Brewster (13%) and Windom (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 87 Graham Lakes residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Graham Lakes.

87live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Graham Lakes goes to work

Worthington13.2 mi away

37%32

Brewster8.1 mi away

13%11

Windom20.1 mi away

3%3

Pipestone41.8 mi away

3%3

Sioux Falls, SD63.7 mi away

3%3

Wells88.9 mi away

2%2

Laurens, IA74.3 mi away

1%1

Leland, IA99.7 mi away

1%1

Sheldon, IA46.5 mi away

1%1

Spencer, IA49.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%29

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

How far

How far Graham Lakes commutes

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

14%

49%

29%

14%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Graham Lakes is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Graham Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Graham Lakes

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Graham Lakes residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−43%

Jobs based in Graham Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 46. 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.