Work & commute · Pine River

Work & commute in Pine River, MN

Most working residents leave Pine River for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (8%), Pequot Lakes (7%) and Baxter (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

38 of 341 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 303 Pine River residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 691 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine River.

303live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

691work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pine River goes to work

Pine River (in town)right here

11%38

Brainerd27.1 mi away

8%26

Pequot Lakes10.7 mi away

7%25

Baxter26.8 mi away

6%20

Nisswa16.1 mi away

5%16

Jenkins5.9 mi away

4%13

Wilson2.6 mi away

3%11

Hackensack15.1 mi away

3%10

Breezy Point11.9 mi away

3%10

Minneapolis133.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%164

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

How far

How far Pine River commutes

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

29%

21%

23%

27%

29%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pine River is a job hub

2.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine River are

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

Jobs based in Pine River

729 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Pine River residents hold

341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−18%

Jobs based in Pine River, 2013 → 2023: 885 → 729. 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.