Work & commute · Lake Wilson

Work & commute in Lake Wilson, MN

Most working residents leave Lake Wilson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fulda (14%), Slayton (13%) and Chandler (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 99 Lake Wilson residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Wilson.

99live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Wilson goes to work

Fulda19.5 mi away

14%14

Slayton9.8 mi away

13%13

Chandler4.5 mi away

9%9

Worthington30.9 mi away

9%9

Brewster31.9 mi away

4%4

Chanarambie3.6 mi away

4%4

Lake Wilson (in town)right here

3%3

Edgerton12.1 mi away

3%3

Windom42.4 mi away

3%3

Pipestone17.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%38

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

How far

How far Lake Wilson commutes

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

32%

25%

30%

14%

32%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Wilson is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Wilson are

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

Jobs based in Lake Wilson

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Lake Wilson residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+9%

Jobs based in Lake Wilson, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 48. 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.