Work & commute · Lake Shore

Work & commute in Lake Shore, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Shore for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (15%), Baxter (9%) and Nisswa (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 454 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 439 Lake Shore residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Shore.

439live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Shore goes to work

Brainerd12.9 mi away

15%68

Baxter11.7 mi away

9%41

Nisswa3.3 mi away

8%38

Staples23.1 mi away

5%21

Lake Shore (in town)right here

3%15

Motley17.5 mi away

3%14

Pine River15.4 mi away

2%11

Pillager12.9 mi away

2%8

Pequot Lakes7.1 mi away

2%8

St. Cloud68 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%222

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

How far

How far Lake Shore commutes

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

20%

44%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Shore is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Shore are

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

Jobs based in Lake Shore

199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lake Shore residents hold

454 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+38%

Jobs based in Lake Shore, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 199. 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.