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Work & commute · Oak Lawn

Work & commute in Oak Lawn, MN

Most working residents leave Oak Lawn for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (26%), Baxter (13%) and Crosby (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
21 of 750 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 729 Oak Lawn residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Lawn.

729live here, work elsewhere
21live and work here
369work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Oak Lawn goes to work

RivertonCrosbyAitkinBreezy PointNisswaBrainerdBaxterSt. CloudDuluthMinneapolisCrow WingFort RipleyLake EdwardNokay LakeLong LakeCenterKathioOak LawnIrondaleBrainerdBaxterCrosbyMinneapolisNisswaDuluthSt. CloudLake EdwardKathioOak Lawn
1
Brainerd3.4 mi away
26%196
2
Baxter7.2 mi away
13%101
3
Crosby12.1 mi away
3%22
4
Oak Lawn (in town)right here
3%21
5
Minneapolis105.9 mi away
2%18
6
Nisswa11.9 mi away
2%16
7
Duluth98.8 mi away
2%16
8
St. Cloud58.5 mi away
2%14
9
Lake Edward9.2 mi away
2%14
10
Kathio23.5 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%318

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

How far

How far Oak Lawn commutes

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

50%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Lawn is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Lawn are

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

Jobs based in Oak Lawn

390 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)45%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Oak Lawn residents hold

750 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+55%

Jobs based in Oak Lawn, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 390. 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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