Work & commute · Pequot Lakes

Work & commute in Pequot Lakes, MN

Most working residents leave Pequot Lakes for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (11%), Baxter (8%) and Nisswa (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

162 of 1,084 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 922 Pequot Lakes residents head out of town to work, 162 work right here, and 847 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pequot Lakes.

922live here, work elsewhere

162live and work here

847work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pequot Lakes goes to work

Pequot Lakes (in town)right here

15%162

Brainerd16.6 mi away

11%122

Baxter16.9 mi away

8%90

Nisswa6.1 mi away

7%78

Breezy Point4.1 mi away

7%71

Crosslake11 mi away

6%65

Jenkins4.8 mi away

3%33

Pine River10.7 mi away

2%25

Minneapolis122.5 mi away

2%22

St. Cloud73.5 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%396

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

How far

How far Pequot Lakes commutes

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

37%

31%

27%

37%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pequot Lakes is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pequot Lakes are

1,009 jobs are based in Pequot Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pequot Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pequot Lakes

1,009 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Pequot Lakes residents hold

1,084 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+7%

Jobs based in Pequot Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 947 → 1,009. 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.