Work & commute · Lake Bronson

Work & commute in Lake Bronson, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Bronson for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Karlstad (26%), Thief River Falls (14%) and Lancaster (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 71 Lake Bronson residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Bronson.

71live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Bronson goes to work

Karlstad12.6 mi away

26%20

Thief River Falls48.4 mi away

14%11

Lancaster10.7 mi away

9%7

Hallock12.8 mi away

8%6

Lake Bronson (in town)right here

7%5

Pembina, ND31 mi away

5%4

Moorhead129.1 mi away

3%2

Fargo, ND129.3 mi away

3%2

Oslo42.8 mi away

1%1

Greenbush22.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%17

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

How far

How far Lake Bronson commutes

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

50%

25%

18%

7%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Bronson is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Bronson are

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

Jobs based in Lake Bronson

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lake Bronson residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+13%

Jobs based in Lake Bronson, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 43. 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.