Work & commute · Lake Sarah

Work & commute in Lake Sarah, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Sarah for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (19%), Slayton (13%) and Tracy (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 122 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 122 Lake Sarah residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Sarah.

122live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Sarah goes to work

Marshall21 mi away

19%23

Slayton10.8 mi away

13%16

Tracy9.8 mi away

9%11

Sioux Falls, SD63.7 mi away

8%10

Pipestone28.9 mi away

4%5

Mankato88.9 mi away

2%3

Murray8.9 mi away

2%3

Spencer, IA75.6 mi away

2%2

Jeffers29.1 mi away

2%2

Currie7.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%45

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

How far

How far Lake Sarah commutes

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

17%

37%

17%

29%

17%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Sarah is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Sarah are

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

Jobs based in Lake Sarah

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Lake Sarah residents hold

122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+17%

Jobs based in Lake Sarah, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 35. 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.