Work & commute · Kego

Work & commute in Kego, MN

Most working residents leave Kego for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Walker (9%), Hackensack (5%) and Cass Lake (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 193 Kego residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kego.

193live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kego goes to work

Walker17.3 mi away

9%18

Hackensack15.2 mi away

5%10

Cass Lake29.8 mi away

5%10

Remer15.1 mi away

4%8

Shingobee17.5 mi away

4%8

Pine River22.5 mi away

3%6

Brainerd46.6 mi away

3%6

Grand Rapids35.9 mi away

3%6

Pike Bay29 mi away

3%6

Longville3 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%114

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

How far

How far Kego commutes

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

33%

24%

37%

6%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kego is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kego are

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

Jobs based in Kego

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Kego residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+64%

Jobs based in Kego, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 59. 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.