Work & commute · Sturgeon Lake

Work & commute in Sturgeon Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Sturgeon Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Moose Lake (13%), Sandstone (7%) and Cloquet (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 178 Sturgeon Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sturgeon Lake.

178live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sturgeon Lake goes to work

Moose Lake5.1 mi away

13%24

Sandstone18.2 mi away

7%12

Cloquet27.7 mi away

6%10

Willow River4.6 mi away

4%8

Duluth42.1 mi away

4%7

Windemere4.4 mi away

3%6

Mora42 mi away

3%5

Barnum10.2 mi away

2%4

Hinckley26.4 mi away

2%4

St. Cloud88.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%96

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

How far

How far Sturgeon Lake commutes

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

25%

16%

26%

34%

25%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sturgeon Lake is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sturgeon Lake are

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

Jobs based in Sturgeon Lake

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Sturgeon Lake residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+48%

Jobs based in Sturgeon Lake, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 49. 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.