Work & commute · Lake Pleasant

Work & commute in Lake Pleasant, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Pleasant for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (24%), Oklee (14%) and Red Lake Falls (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 42 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41 Lake Pleasant residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Pleasant.

41live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Pleasant goes to work

Thief River Falls21.9 mi away

24%10

Oklee20.5 mi away

14%6

Red Lake Falls5.6 mi away

10%4

Crookston14.9 mi away

7%3

Brooks13.2 mi away

5%2

Fargo, ND69.6 mi away

5%2

Fisher23.7 mi away

2%1

Fosston29.1 mi away

2%1

Melrose162.6 mi away

2%1

Moorhead68.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%11

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

How far

How far Lake Pleasant commutes

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

12%

67%

17%

12%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Pleasant is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Pleasant are

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

Jobs based in Lake Pleasant

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Lake Pleasant residents hold

42 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month62%

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.