Work & commute · Lime Lake

Work & commute in Lime Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Lime Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Slayton (26%), Windom (8%) and Marshall (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79 Lime Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lime Lake.

79live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lime Lake goes to work

Slayton5.3 mi away

26%21

Windom27.7 mi away

8%6

Marshall32.7 mi away

8%6

Dovray8.4 mi away

4%3

Chandler15.3 mi away

3%2

Fulda8.5 mi away

3%2

Moulton18.7 mi away

3%2

Wesley, IA103.7 mi away

1%1

Lucan31.6 mi away

1%1

Currie5.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%35

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

How far

How far Lime Lake commutes

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

37%

14%

27%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lime Lake 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 Lime Lake are

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

Jobs based in Lime Lake

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Lime Lake residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+94%

Jobs based in Lime Lake, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 35. 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.