Work & commute · Lake Grove

Work & commute in Lake Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Grove for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Mahnomen (17%), Fosston (10%) and Bagley (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 52 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 49 Lake Grove residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Grove.

49live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Grove goes to work

Mahnomen9.7 mi away

17%9

Fosston28.2 mi away

10%5

Bagley32.5 mi away

6%3

Lake Grove (in town)right here

6%3

Callaway14.3 mi away

4%2

Bemidji51.3 mi away

4%2

Oakland6.5 mi away

4%2

Moland38.1 mi away

4%2

Clearbrook41.1 mi away

2%1

McIntosh31.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%22

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

How far

How far Lake Grove commutes

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

25%

17%

37%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Grove are

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

Jobs based in Lake Grove

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities94%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Lake Grove residents hold

52 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+196%

Jobs based in Lake Grove, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 68. 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.