Work & commute · Pine Lake

Work & commute in Pine Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Pine Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (18%), Clearbrook (15%) and Bagley (12%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 181 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 177 Pine Lake residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Lake.

177live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine Lake goes to work

Bemidji32.4 mi away

18%33

Clearbrook3.5 mi away

15%28

Bagley12.7 mi away

12%21

Gonvick3 mi away

3%6

Fosston13.8 mi away

3%5

Minneapolis216.8 mi away

2%4

Fargo, ND84.6 mi away

2%4

Pine Lake (in town)right here

2%4

Leon5.9 mi away

2%4

Moorhead81.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%69

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

How far

How far Pine Lake commutes

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

25%

20%

28%

26%

25%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Lake is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Lake are

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

Jobs based in Pine Lake

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Pine Lake residents hold

181 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+27%

Jobs based in Pine Lake, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 14. 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.