Work & commute · Remer

Work & commute in Remer, MN

Most working residents leave Remer for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (18%), Crooked Lake (6%) and Duluth (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

22 of 145 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 123 Remer residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Remer.

123live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Remer goes to work

Grand Rapids21.8 mi away

18%26

Remer (in town)right here

15%22

Crooked Lake16.3 mi away

6%8

Duluth86.2 mi away

5%7

Deer River20.3 mi away

3%4

Remer4.2 mi away

3%4

Brainerd50.3 mi away

2%3

Bloomington156.5 mi away

2%3

Eden Prairie154.1 mi away

2%3

Kego15.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%62

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.

19%

37%

11%

32%

19%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Remer is a job hub

2.11jobs 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 Remer are

306 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

306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Remer residents hold

145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−25%

Jobs based in Remer, 2013 → 2023: 408 → 306. 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.