Work & commute · McKinley

Work & commute in McKinley, MN

Most working residents leave McKinley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (13%), Pine River (9%) and Pequot Lakes (9%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 McKinley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McKinley.

56live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McKinley goes to work

Brainerd38.6 mi away

13%7

Pine River16.4 mi away

9%5

Pequot Lakes24.8 mi away

9%5

Crosslake30.8 mi away

7%4

Baxter36.9 mi away

7%4

Jenkins21 mi away

5%3

Hackensack14.7 mi away

4%2

Nisswa28.1 mi away

4%2

Bemidji49.7 mi away

4%2

Minnetonka141.3 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%20

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

How far

How far McKinley commutes

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

30%

45%

25%

0%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McKinley is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McKinley are

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

Jobs based in McKinley

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less70%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs McKinley residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+400%

Jobs based in McKinley, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 10. 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.