Work & commute · Lake Eunice

Work & commute in Lake Eunice, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Eunice for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit Lakes (28%), Fargo (14%) and Moorhead (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 805 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 788 Lake Eunice residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Eunice.

788live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Eunice goes to work

Detroit Lakes7.1 mi away

28%229

Fargo, ND41.1 mi away

14%116

Moorhead37.1 mi away

3%28

Audubon7.6 mi away

3%25

Lake Park10.6 mi away

3%25

Lake Park8.2 mi away

3%21

Lake Eunice (in town)right here

2%17

Hawley18.4 mi away

2%16

West Fargo, ND44.6 mi away

2%16

Grand Forks, ND95.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%298

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

How far

How far Lake Eunice commutes

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

39%

13%

28%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Eunice is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Eunice are

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

Jobs based in Lake Eunice

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lake Eunice residents hold

805 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−46%

Jobs based in Lake Eunice, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 180. 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.