Work & commute · Thief Lake

Work & commute in Thief Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Thief Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (54%), Greenbush (15%) and Goodridge (8%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 13 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 13 Thief Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thief Lake.

13live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thief Lake goes to work

Thief River Falls28.2 mi away

54%7

Greenbush20.7 mi away

15%2

Goodridge23 mi away

8%1

Walker113 mi away

8%1

Park Rapids114.3 mi away

8%1

Duluth210.6 mi away

8%1

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

How far

How far Thief Lake commutes

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

15%

62%

23%

0%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

62%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thief Lake is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thief Lake are

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

Jobs based in Thief Lake

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Thief Lake residents hold

13 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month92%

+20%

Jobs based in Thief Lake, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 6. 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.