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Work & commute · White Bear Lake

Work & commute in White Bear Lake, MN

Most working residents leave White Bear Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Glenwood (20%), Alexandria (13%) and Starbuck (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
4 of 209 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 205 White Bear Lake residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Bear Lake.

205live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
39work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where White Bear Lake goes to work

CarlosChokioVillardMillervilleStarbuckBensonMorrisGlenwoodWillmarAlexandriaFargoLa GrandGlenwoodMinnewaskaNew PrairieWhite Bear LakeBen WadeGlenwoodAlexandriaStarbuckMorrisBensonFargoVillardWillmarLa GrandGlenwoodWhite Bear Lake
1
Glenwood8.9 mi away
20%42
2
Alexandria19.1 mi away
13%28
3
Starbuck2.3 mi away
9%19
4
Morris16.7 mi away
8%16
5
Benson22.2 mi away
3%6
6
Fargo, ND104.2 mi away
3%6
7
Villard15.3 mi away
2%5
8
Willmar43.3 mi away
2%5
9
La Grand18.6 mi away
2%5
10
Glenwood11 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%72

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

How far

How far White Bear Lake commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
37%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

White Bear Lake is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Bear Lake are

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

Jobs based in White Bear Lake

43 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)44%
Trade, transport & utilities40%
Services (health, schools, offices…)16%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs White Bear Lake residents hold

209 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities30%
Services (health, schools, offices…)44%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month61%
−7%

Jobs based in White Bear Lake, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 43. 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.

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