Work & commute · Lake Jessie

Work & commute in Lake Jessie, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Jessie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (8%), Bigfork (7%) and Blackduck (7%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 89 Lake Jessie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Jessie.

89live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Jessie goes to work

Grand Rapids30.6 mi away

8%7

Bigfork11 mi away

7%6

Blackduck34.8 mi away

7%6

Bemidji50.5 mi away

4%4

Deer River20.5 mi away

3%3

Hibbing44.1 mi away

3%3

Bigfork11.4 mi away

3%3

Virginia61.3 mi away

2%2

Duluth99.1 mi away

2%2

St. Paul188.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%51

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

How far

How far Lake Jessie commutes

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

24%

31%

43%

2%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Jessie 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 Jessie are

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

Jobs based in Lake Jessie

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lake Jessie residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+567%

Jobs based in Lake Jessie, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 20. 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.