Work & commute · Leech Lake

Work & commute in Leech Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Leech Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Shingobee (23%), Walker (18%) and Bemidji (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 149 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 144 Leech Lake residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leech Lake.

144live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leech Lake goes to work

Shingobee7.7 mi away

23%35

Walker6.6 mi away

18%27

Bemidji24.8 mi away

5%8

Pike Bay12 mi away

5%7

Cass Lake13.4 mi away

4%6

St. Cloud116.4 mi away

3%5

Leech Lake (in town)right here

3%5

Duluth119.5 mi away

2%3

Turtle Lake9.6 mi away

2%3

Perham61.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%48

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

How far

How far Leech Lake commutes

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

39%

22%

32%

39%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leech Lake is a job hub

1.50jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Leech Lake are

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

Jobs based in Leech Lake

224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Leech Lake residents hold

149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+762%

Jobs based in Leech Lake, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 224. 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.