Work & commute · Lake Marshall

Work & commute in Lake Marshall, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Marshall for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (57%), Redwood Falls (3%) and Cottonwood (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 247 Lake Marshall residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Marshall.

247live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Marshall goes to work

Marshall3.3 mi away

57%142

Redwood Falls34.4 mi away

3%7

Cottonwood15.1 mi away

2%5

Canby32.7 mi away

2%5

Minneapolis128.9 mi away

2%5

Willmar60.7 mi away

2%4

Russell10.3 mi away

1%3

Minneota15.2 mi away

1%3

Mankato90.2 mi away

1%3

Duluth240.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%69

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

How far

How far Lake Marshall commutes

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

63%

22%

63%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Marshall is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Marshall are

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

Jobs based in Lake Marshall

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Lake Marshall residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

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Jobs based in Lake Marshall, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 69. 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.