Work & commute · Summit Lake

Work & commute in Summit Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Summit Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Worthington (44%), Brewster (7%) and Windom (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 131 Summit Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summit Lake.

131live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summit Lake goes to work

Worthington9.6 mi away

44%58

Brewster14.1 mi away

7%9

Windom32.9 mi away

4%5

Sioux Falls, SD50.9 mi away

4%5

Sibley, IA22.1 mi away

2%3

Pipestone34 mi away

2%3

Adrian11.2 mi away

2%2

Wells100.5 mi away

2%2

Marshall50.4 mi away

2%2

Albert Lea119 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%41

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

How far

How far Summit Lake commutes

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

33%

34%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summit Lake is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Summit Lake are

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

Jobs based in Summit Lake

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities85%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Summit Lake residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+44%

Jobs based in Summit Lake, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 52. 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.