Work & commute · Pickerel Lake

Work & commute in Pickerel Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Pickerel Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Albert Lea (43%), Alden (6%) and Rochester (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 254 Pickerel Lake residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pickerel Lake.

254live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pickerel Lake goes to work

Albert Lea6 mi away

43%111

Alden5.6 mi away

6%16

Rochester56.6 mi away

4%11

Lake Mills, IA14.5 mi away

3%9

Austin25.2 mi away

3%9

Pickerel Lake (in town)right here

2%6

Wells15.3 mi away

2%4

Owatonna34.6 mi away

2%4

Mankato45.3 mi away

2%4

Conger2.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%83

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

How far

How far Pickerel Lake commutes

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

55%

14%

23%

55%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pickerel Lake is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pickerel Lake are

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

Jobs based in Pickerel Lake

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Pickerel Lake residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+64%

Jobs based in Pickerel Lake, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 82. 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.