Work & commute · Swan Lake

Work & commute in Swan Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Swan Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Morris (33%), Chokio (8%) and Fargo (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 75 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 74 Swan Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swan Lake.

74live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swan Lake goes to work

Morris9.1 mi away

33%25

Chokio19 mi away

8%6

Fargo, ND93.2 mi away

7%5

Hancock14.5 mi away

4%3

Duluth191.4 mi away

4%3

Graceville30.8 mi away

3%2

St. Paul142.4 mi away

3%2

West Fargo, ND94.7 mi away

3%2

Darnen12.9 mi away

3%2

Hoffman9.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%24

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

How far

How far Swan Lake commutes

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

25%

33%

25%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swan Lake is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swan Lake are

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

Jobs based in Swan Lake

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Swan Lake residents hold

75 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month71%

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.