Work & commute · Ten Lake

Work & commute in Ten Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Ten Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (29%), Cass Lake (19%) and Pike Bay (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 299 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 294 Ten Lake residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ten Lake.

294live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ten Lake goes to work

Bemidji13 mi away

29%87

Cass Lake5.4 mi away

19%56

Pike Bay6.9 mi away

11%32

Minneapolis183.9 mi away

4%13

Blackduck19.1 mi away

2%6

Grant Valley19 mi away

2%6

Northern12.9 mi away

2%6

Ten Lake (in town)right here

2%5

Red Lake33.9 mi away

2%5

Bemidji11.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%79

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

How far

How far Ten Lake commutes

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

35%

41%

18%

35%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ten 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 Ten Lake are

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

Jobs based in Ten Lake

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less63%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Ten Lake residents hold

299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+58%

Jobs based in Ten Lake, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 19. 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.