Work & commute · Grass Lake

Work & commute in Grass Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Grass Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mora (21%), Cambridge (11%) and Rush City (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 379 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
42 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 377 Grass Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grass Lake.

377live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
42work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Grass Lake goes to work

GrasstonBrahamHinckleyRush CityPine CityMoraAnokaCambridgeSt. CloudHam LakeDuluthBogus BrookArthurOxfordCambridgeStanchfieldRoyaltonFish LakeBrunswickGrass LakeComfortMoraCambridgeRush CityPine CityBrahamAnokaSt. CloudHam LakeDuluthHinckleyGrass Lake
1
Mora8.6 mi away
21%81
2
Cambridge14.6 mi away
11%41
3
Rush City12.6 mi away
3%10
4
Pine City12.1 mi away
3%10
5
Braham3.6 mi away
2%9
6
Anoka39.6 mi away
2%8
7
St. Cloud50 mi away
2%8
8
Ham Lake35.7 mi away
2%8
9
Duluth85.9 mi away
2%8
10
Hinckley21.6 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%189

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

How far

How far Grass Lake commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Grass Lake is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grass Lake are

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

Jobs based in Grass Lake

44 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)50%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)25%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Grass Lake residents hold

379 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month69%
+110%

Jobs based in Grass Lake, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 44. 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.

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