Work & commute · Green Lake

Work & commute in Green Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Green Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (45%), New London (6%) and Spicer (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 747 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 731 Green Lake residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Lake.

731live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Lake goes to work

Willmar7.6 mi away

45%337

New London7.4 mi away

6%44

Spicer3 mi away

4%30

Kandiyohi5.8 mi away

3%22

Green Lake (in town)right here

2%16

Litchfield20.6 mi away

2%15

Willmar10.1 mi away

2%15

St. Cloud43.9 mi away

2%13

St. Paul91 mi away

2%12

New London6.4 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%232

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

How far

How far Green Lake commutes

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

61%

12%

20%

61%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Lake is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Lake are

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

Jobs based in Green Lake

214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Green Lake residents hold

747 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in Green Lake, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 214. 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.