Work & commute · Lakin

Work & commute in Lakin, MN

Most working residents leave Lakin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pierz (15%), St. Cloud (13%) and Little Falls (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 183 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 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 182 Lakin residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakin.

182live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakin goes to work

Pierz15.2 mi away

15%28

St. Cloud28.7 mi away

13%23

Little Falls26.7 mi away

8%15

Sauk Rapids24.5 mi away

3%6

Sartell25.4 mi away

3%5

Morrill6 mi away

3%5

Genola15.3 mi away

2%4

Foley14.6 mi away

2%4

Milaca11.3 mi away

2%4

Brainerd38.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%85

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

How far

How far Lakin commutes

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

46%

30%

20%

4%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakin 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 Lakin are

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

Jobs based in Lakin

21 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Lakin residents hold

183 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+24%

Jobs based in Lakin, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 21. 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.