Work & commute · Lake Lillian

Work & commute in Lake Lillian, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Lillian for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (30%), Litchfield (9%) and Atwater (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 101 Lake Lillian residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Lillian.

101live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Lillian goes to work

Willmar14.9 mi away

30%31

Litchfield21.1 mi away

9%9

Atwater14 mi away

6%6

Minneapolis78.8 mi away

4%4

Prinsburg15 mi away

2%2

Spicer20.1 mi away

2%2

Golden Valley74.4 mi away

2%2

St. Louis Park74.1 mi away

2%2

Maple Grove70.4 mi away

2%2

Emmet19.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%40

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

How far

How far Lake Lillian commutes

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

59%

12%

26%

3%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Lillian is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Lillian are

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

Jobs based in Lake Lillian

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Lake Lillian residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−51%

Jobs based in Lake Lillian, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 24. 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.