Work & commute · Pillager

Work & commute in Pillager, MN

Most working residents leave Pillager for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (15%), Staples (13%) and Baxter (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 226 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 221 Pillager residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 449 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pillager.

221live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

449work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pillager goes to work

Brainerd13.4 mi away

15%34

Staples16.4 mi away

13%29

Baxter9.7 mi away

11%24

Motley7.9 mi away

6%14

May6.6 mi away

4%8

St. Cloud57.5 mi away

3%6

Duluth115.5 mi away

3%6

Pillager (in town)right here

2%5

Walker52.8 mi away

2%5

Wadena32 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%91

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

How far

How far Pillager commutes

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

15%

48%

31%

15%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pillager is a job hub

2.01jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pillager are

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

Jobs based in Pillager

454 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Pillager residents hold

226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+285%

Jobs based in Pillager, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 454. 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.