Work & commute · Lake Ida

Work & commute in Lake Ida, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Ida for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Twin Valley (12%), Mahnomen (10%) and Ada (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 52 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 52 Lake Ida residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Ida.

52live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Ida goes to work

Twin Valley6 mi away

12%6

Mahnomen19.5 mi away

10%5

Ada6.4 mi away

10%5

Fargo, ND35.9 mi away

8%4

West Fargo, ND38.4 mi away

6%3

Gary8.2 mi away

4%2

Moorhead33.7 mi away

4%2

Borup9.3 mi away

2%1

Waubun21.8 mi away

2%1

Ulen15.4 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 Ida commutes

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

27%

29%

25%

19%

27%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Ida is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Ida are

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

Jobs based in Lake Ida

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Lake Ida residents hold

52 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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.