Work & commute · Pokegama

Work & commute in Pokegama, MN

Most working residents leave Pokegama for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pine City (17%), Rush City (7%) and Cambridge (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,077 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 1,062 Pokegama residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pokegama.

1,062live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pokegama goes to work

Pine City4.2 mi away

17%185

Rush City12.9 mi away

7%78

Cambridge22.8 mi away

5%59

Mora11.8 mi away

5%55

Hinckley12.1 mi away

4%43

North Branch24.9 mi away

4%43

Minneapolis63.2 mi away

2%24

Braham11.6 mi away

2%23

Blaine48.6 mi away

2%22

St. Paul63.3 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%529

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

How far

How far Pokegama commutes

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

24%

30%

16%

29%

24%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pokegama is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pokegama are

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

Jobs based in Pokegama

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Pokegama residents hold

1,077 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−18%

Jobs based in Pokegama, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 158. 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.