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Work & commute · Nokay Lake

Work & commute in Nokay Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Nokay Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (26%), Baxter (14%) and Crosby (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
2 of 423 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
21%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 421 Nokay Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nokay Lake.

421live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
130work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Nokay Lake goes to work

CrosbyAitkinNisswaLake ShoreBrainerdBaxterDuluthMinneapolisScandia ValleyCrow WingSylvanFort RipleyLake EdwardNokay LakeMaple GroveLong LakeBay LakeKathioOak LawnIrondaleBrainerdBaxterCrosbyOak LawnDuluthAitkinLake EdwardKathioMinneapolisNisswaNokay Lake
1
Brainerd10 mi away
26%111
2
Baxter13.8 mi away
14%58
3
Crosby8.4 mi away
4%15
4
Oak Lawn6.7 mi away
4%15
5
Duluth92.3 mi away
3%12
6
Aitkin17.1 mi away
2%10
7
Lake Edward13.3 mi away
2%10
8
Kathio18.5 mi away
2%10
9
Minneapolis103.6 mi away
2%9
10
Nisswa17 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%165

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

How far

How far Nokay Lake commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Nokay Lake is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nokay Lake are

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

Jobs based in Nokay Lake

132 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)89%
$1,250 a month or less5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Nokay Lake residents hold

423 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+116%

Jobs based in Nokay Lake, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 132. 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.

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