Work & commute · Round Lake

Work & commute in Round Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Round Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Worthington (32%), Brewster (7%) and Sioux Falls (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 191 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 190 Round Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Round Lake.

190live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Round Lake goes to work

Worthington9 mi away

32%62

Brewster11.1 mi away

7%14

Sioux Falls, SD63.1 mi away

6%11

Ellsworth27.4 mi away

5%10

Spirit Lake, IA19.8 mi away

4%7

Sibley, IA16.5 mi away

2%4

Rock Rapids, IA35.6 mi away

2%4

Mankato86.5 mi away

2%4

Spencer, IA31.4 mi away

2%3

Marshall64.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%69

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

How far

How far Round Lake commutes

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

36%

22%

17%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Round Lake is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Round Lake are

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

Jobs based in Round Lake

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Round Lake residents hold

191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−70%

Jobs based in Round Lake, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 12. 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.