Work & commute · Howard Lake

Work & commute in Howard Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Howard Lake for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Buffalo (6%), Cokato (6%) and Winsted (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

139 of 1,067 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 928 Howard Lake residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 1,186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Howard Lake.

928live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

1,186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Howard Lake goes to work

Howard Lake (in town)right here

13%139

Buffalo12.9 mi away

6%62

Cokato6.4 mi away

6%59

Winsted6.6 mi away

5%52

Delano13.1 mi away

5%52

Minneapolis39.2 mi away

4%41

Plymouth29.3 mi away

3%28

Shakopee34.6 mi away

2%22

St. Paul47.3 mi away

2%22

Minnetonka30.6 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%570

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

How far

How far Howard Lake commutes

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

31%

26%

37%

31%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Howard Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Howard Lake are

1,325 jobs are based in Howard Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Howard Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Howard Lake

1,325 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Howard Lake residents hold

1,067 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+61%

Jobs based in Howard Lake, 2013 → 2023: 825 → 1,325. 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.