Work & commute · Lake Stay

Work & commute in Lake Stay, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Stay for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hendricks (28%), Marshall (17%) and Ivanhoe (13%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47 Lake Stay residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Stay.

47live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Stay goes to work

Hendricks15.8 mi away

28%13

Marshall16.9 mi away

17%8

Ivanhoe6.6 mi away

13%6

Brookings, SD33.5 mi away

11%5

Canby21.4 mi away

4%2

New Ulm82.4 mi away

4%2

St. Paul153 mi away

4%2

Minneota12.1 mi away

2%1

Tyler10 mi away

2%1

Hutchinson91.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%6

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

How far

How far Lake Stay commutes

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

15%

54%

15%

15%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Stay is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Stay are

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

Jobs based in Lake Stay

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Lake Stay residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+25%

Jobs based in Lake Stay, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. 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.