Work & commute · Lake Park

Work & commute in Lake Park, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (20%), Detroit Lakes (17%) and Moorhead (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 271 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 259 Lake Park residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Park.

259live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Park goes to work

Fargo, ND33.9 mi away

20%55

Detroit Lakes12.7 mi away

17%45

Moorhead29.9 mi away

6%17

Lake Park (in town)right here

4%12

Hawley10.4 mi away

4%11

Audubon6.7 mi away

4%10

Lake Park4 mi away

3%8

Cormorant3.3 mi away

3%8

Fergus Falls37.5 mi away

2%6

West Fargo, ND37.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%93

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

How far

How far Lake Park commutes

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

18%

27%

35%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Park is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Park are

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

Jobs based in Lake Park

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Lake Park residents hold

271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−15%

Jobs based in Lake Park, 2013 → 2023: 236 → 200. 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.