Work & commute · Thunder Lake

Work & commute in Thunder Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Thunder Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Longville (6%), Remer (6%) and Walker (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 67 Thunder Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thunder Lake.

67live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thunder Lake goes to work

Longville10.9 mi away

6%4

Remer10 mi away

6%4

Walker29.9 mi away

6%4

Shingobee30 mi away

6%4

Cass Lake42.2 mi away

4%3

Bemidji56.8 mi away

3%2

Grand Rapids30.9 mi away

3%2

Minnetonka140.2 mi away

3%2

St. Paul143.2 mi away

3%2

Crooked Lake6.9 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%38

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

How far

How far Thunder Lake commutes

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

24%

37%

34%

4%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thunder Lake is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thunder Lake are

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

Jobs based in Thunder Lake

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month83%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Thunder Lake residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−67%

Jobs based in Thunder Lake, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 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.