Work & commute · Nisswa

Work & commute in Nisswa, MN

Most working residents leave Nisswa for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (17%), Baxter (12%) and Pequot Lakes (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

141 of 834 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 693 Nisswa residents head out of town to work, 141 work right here, and 1,221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nisswa.

693live here, work elsewhere

141live and work here

1,221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nisswa goes to work

Nisswa (in town)right here

17%141

Brainerd11.1 mi away

17%139

Baxter10.9 mi away

12%96

Pequot Lakes6.1 mi away

4%36

Crosslake15.6 mi away

3%22

Lake Edward4.1 mi away

3%21

St. Cloud67.6 mi away

2%18

St. Paul121.7 mi away

2%16

Minneapolis117.2 mi away

2%13

East Gull Lake7.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%322

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

How far

How far Nisswa commutes

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

37%

29%

37%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nisswa is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nisswa are

1,362 jobs are based in Nisswa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nisswa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nisswa

1,362 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Nisswa residents hold

834 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+37%

Jobs based in Nisswa, 2013 → 2023: 997 → 1,362. 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.