Work & commute · Perry Lake

Work & commute in Perry Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Perry Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Crosslake (11%), Emily (11%) and Aitkin (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 92 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 91 Perry Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perry Lake.

91live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perry Lake goes to work

Crosslake9 mi away

11%10

Emily13.2 mi away

11%10

Aitkin13.6 mi away

9%8

Brainerd18.5 mi away

8%7

Baxter21.4 mi away

8%7

Pine River22.1 mi away

3%3

Crooked Lake17.2 mi away

3%3

Lake Edward12.4 mi away

3%3

Crosby6.1 mi away

2%2

Breezy Point10.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%37

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

How far

How far Perry Lake commutes

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

12%

52%

35%

12%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perry Lake is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perry Lake are

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

Jobs based in Perry Lake

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Perry Lake residents hold

92 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+47%

Jobs based in Perry Lake, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 28. 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.