Work & commute · Lake Elizabeth

Work & commute in Lake Elizabeth, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Elizabeth for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (30%), Litchfield (13%) and Gennessee (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 86 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 85 Lake Elizabeth residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Elizabeth.

85live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Elizabeth goes to work

Willmar14.4 mi away

30%26

Litchfield15.9 mi away

13%11

Gennessee6.5 mi away

6%5

Atwater8.9 mi away

3%3

Minneapolis75.4 mi away

3%3

Danube20.8 mi away

2%2

New London21 mi away

2%2

Hutchinson22.8 mi away

2%2

Fahlun5.6 mi away

2%2

Cedar Rapids, IA262.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%29

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

How far

How far Lake Elizabeth commutes

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

13%

64%

19%

13%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Elizabeth is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Elizabeth are

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

Jobs based in Lake Elizabeth

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month2%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Lake Elizabeth residents hold

86 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+163%

Jobs based in Lake Elizabeth, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 42. 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.