Work & commute · Remer

Work & commute in Remer, MN

Most working residents leave Remer for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Remer (23%), Crooked Lake (9%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 67 Remer residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Remer.

67live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Remer goes to work

Remer4.2 mi away

23%16

Crooked Lake13.3 mi away

9%6

Grand Rapids26 mi away

6%4

Slater6.6 mi away

6%4

Remer (in town)right here

4%3

Deer River23.8 mi away

3%2

Walker28.9 mi away

3%2

International Falls111.5 mi away

3%2

Duluth88.9 mi away

3%2

Morse23.6 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%27

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

How far

How far Remer commutes

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

36%

23%

16%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Remer is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Remer are

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

Jobs based in Remer

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Remer residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+307%

Jobs based in Remer, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 61. 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.