Work & commute · Lake Alice

Work & commute in Lake Alice, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Alice for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Park Rapids (24%), Bemidji (9%) and Walker (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 45 Lake Alice residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Alice.

45live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Alice goes to work

Park Rapids19.7 mi away

24%11

Bemidji23 mi away

9%4

Walker26.4 mi away

4%2

Menahga30.7 mi away

4%2

Detroit Lakes43.4 mi away

4%2

Henrietta20 mi away

4%2

Cass Lake27.7 mi away

2%1

Perham46.5 mi away

2%1

Thief River Falls79.9 mi away

2%1

Cambridge144.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%18

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

How far

How far Lake Alice commutes

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

44%

20%

31%

4%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Alice is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Alice are

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

Jobs based in Lake Alice

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Lake Alice residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

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.