Work & commute · Hackensack

Work & commute in Hackensack, MN

Most working residents leave Hackensack for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Pine River (13%), Walker (8%) and Powers (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

14 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 111 Hackensack residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hackensack.

111live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

423work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hackensack goes to work

Pine River15.1 mi away

13%16

Hackensack (in town)right here

11%14

Walker11.8 mi away

8%10

Powers6 mi away

6%7

Pequot Lakes25.8 mi away

4%5

Minneapolis148.3 mi away

4%5

Crosslake26.1 mi away

3%4

Shingobee10.9 mi away

3%4

Backus7.3 mi away

2%3

Brainerd42.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%54

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

How far

How far Hackensack commutes

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

23%

31%

21%

25%

23%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hackensack is a job hub

3.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hackensack are

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

Jobs based in Hackensack

437 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Hackensack residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+58%

Jobs based in Hackensack, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 437. 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.