Work & commute · Lake Emma

Work & commute in Lake Emma, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Emma for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Park Rapids (27%), Bemidji (16%) and Detroit Lakes (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 366 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 363 Lake Emma residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Emma.

363live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Emma goes to work

Park Rapids9.3 mi away

27%97

Bemidji31.7 mi away

16%59

Detroit Lakes44.8 mi away

6%21

Walker17.9 mi away

3%10

Fargo, ND89.1 mi away

3%10

Bemidji28.7 mi away

2%7

New York Mills40.5 mi away

1%5

Baxter57.4 mi away

1%5

Henrietta6.9 mi away

1%5

Osage14.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%142

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

How far

How far Lake Emma commutes

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

31%

14%

32%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Emma is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Emma are

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

Jobs based in Lake Emma

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Lake Emma residents hold

366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−69%

Jobs based in Lake Emma, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 44. 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.