Work & commute · Ponto Lake

Work & commute in Ponto Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Ponto Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Walker (8%), Hackensack (5%) and Pine River (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 206 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 206 Ponto Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ponto Lake.

206live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ponto Lake goes to work

Walker20.7 mi away

8%16

Hackensack10 mi away

5%11

Pine River8.5 mi away

4%9

Pequot Lakes17.7 mi away

4%8

Longville11.9 mi away

3%7

Bemidji51.3 mi away

3%7

Woodrow5.8 mi away

3%7

Powers5.2 mi away

3%6

Backus8.1 mi away

2%5

Brainerd34.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%125

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

How far

How far Ponto Lake commutes

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

22%

30%

15%

33%

22%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ponto Lake is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ponto Lake are

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

Jobs based in Ponto Lake

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Ponto Lake residents hold

206 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−11%

Jobs based in Ponto Lake, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 8. 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.