Work & commute · Onamia

Work & commute in Onamia, MN

Most working residents leave Onamia for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Kathio (25%), Onamia (4%) and Brainerd (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

38 of 328 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 290 Onamia residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 735 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onamia.

290live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

735work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onamia goes to work

Kathio8.1 mi away

25%82

Onamia (in town)right here

12%38

Onamia3.9 mi away

4%13

Brainerd32.1 mi away

3%11

Baxter34.7 mi away

2%8

Minneapolis78.9 mi away

2%7

South Harbor5.3 mi away

2%7

Milaca21.6 mi away

2%6

Edina82.8 mi away

2%6

Cambridge41.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%145

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

How far

How far Onamia commutes

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

43%

19%

30%

43%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onamia is a job hub

2.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Onamia are

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

Jobs based in Onamia

773 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Onamia residents hold

328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+14%

Jobs based in Onamia, 2013 → 2023: 681 → 773. 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.