Work & commute · Lake Andrew

Work & commute in Lake Andrew, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Andrew for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (38%), New London (5%) and Spicer (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 455 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 449 Lake Andrew residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Andrew.

449live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Andrew goes to work

Willmar10.7 mi away

38%173

New London6.4 mi away

5%23

Spicer7.2 mi away

3%13

New London6.1 mi away

3%13

St. Paul98.7 mi away

3%12

Kandiyohi13.4 mi away

2%10

Benson25.9 mi away

2%9

Paynesville18.6 mi away

2%7

Waite Park43.8 mi away

1%6

Lake Andrew (in town)right here

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%183

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

How far

How far Lake Andrew commutes

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

28%

42%

22%

28%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Andrew is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Andrew are

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

Jobs based in Lake Andrew

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lake Andrew residents hold

455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+49%

Jobs based in Lake Andrew, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 70. 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.