Work & commute · Nett Lake

Work & commute in Nett Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Nett Lake for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Camp 5 (38%), Cook (10%) and Greenwood (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 78 Nett Lake residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nett Lake.

78live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nett Lake goes to work

Camp 514.1 mi away

38%31

Cook26.5 mi away

10%8

Greenwood38.3 mi away

9%7

Orr12.5 mi away

6%5

Nett Lake (in town)right here

5%4

International Falls35.9 mi away

4%3

Virginia48.3 mi away

4%3

Bemidji94.2 mi away

2%2

Sandstone137.6 mi away

1%1

New Brighton210.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%17

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

How far

How far Nett Lake commutes

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

46%

27%

22%

5%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nett Lake is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nett Lake are

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

Jobs based in Nett Lake

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Nett Lake residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−30%

Jobs based in Nett Lake, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 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.