Work & commute · Rice Lake

Work & commute in Rice Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Rice Lake for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (58%), Hermantown (5%) and Superior (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

120 of 1,828 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,708 Rice Lake residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rice Lake.

1,708live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rice Lake goes to work

Duluth9.3 mi away

58%1,067

Rice Lake (in town)right here

7%120

Hermantown9.3 mi away

5%99

Superior, WI15.1 mi away

5%99

Cloquet21.6 mi away

2%42

Minneapolis145.1 mi away

1%26

Minnetonka150.7 mi away

1%21

St. Paul143.2 mi away

1%16

Eden Prairie155.9 mi away

1%15

Bloomington154.5 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%309

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

How far

How far Rice Lake commutes

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

67%

16%

67%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rice Lake is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rice Lake are

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

Jobs based in Rice Lake

940 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Rice Lake residents hold

1,828 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+20%

Jobs based in Rice Lake, 2013 → 2023: 784 → 940. 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.