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Work & commute · Lake Mary

Work & commute in Lake Mary, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Mary for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (50%), Glenwood (3%) and La Grand (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
12 of 534 working residents
Typical commute
7 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 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 522 Lake Mary residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Mary.

522live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
184work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lake Mary goes to work

CarlosEvansvilleBrowervilleOsakisMorrisGlenwoodFergus FallsAlexandriaHolmes CityHudsonLa GrandLake MaryAlexandriaOsakisGlenwoodRenoCarlosAlexandriaGlenwoodLa GrandMorrisHudsonGlenwoodCarlosCarlosFergus FallsLake Mary
1
Alexandria7.1 mi away
50%269
2
Glenwood9.4 mi away
3%15
3
La Grand7 mi away
2%13
4
Lake Mary (in town)right here
2%12
5
Morris25.8 mi away
2%10
6
Hudson6.5 mi away
2%10
7
Glenwood12.9 mi away
1%8
8
Carlos14 mi away
1%8
9
Carlos14.9 mi away
1%7
10
Fergus Falls45.1 mi away
1%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%176

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

How far

How far Lake Mary commutes

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

62%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Mary is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Mary are

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

Jobs based in Lake Mary

196 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities39%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month12%
Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Lake Mary residents hold

534 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+136%

Jobs based in Lake Mary, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 196. 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.

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