Work & commute · Walker

Work & commute in Walker, MN

About one in 4 of Walker’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Shingobee (22%), Bemidji (6%) and Cass Lake (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

74 of 327 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 253 Walker residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 1,163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walker.

253live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

1,163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walker goes to work

Walker (in town)right here

23%74

Shingobee1.2 mi away

22%71

Bemidji30.7 mi away

6%19

Cass Lake20 mi away

5%17

Minneapolis160 mi away

3%9

Leech Lake6.6 mi away

2%8

Pike Bay18.5 mi away

2%8

Turtle Lake5.3 mi away

2%6

Brainerd54.1 mi away

2%5

Eden Prairie164.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%105

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

How far

How far Walker commutes

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

50%

11%

30%

50%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walker is a job hub

3.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Walker are

1,237 jobs are based in Walker. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walker’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walker

1,237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Walker residents hold

327 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−17%

Jobs based in Walker, 2013 → 2023: 1,499 → 1,237. 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.