Work & commute · White Oak

Work & commute in White Oak, MN

Most working residents leave White Oak for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Park Rapids (27%), Nevis (8%) and Walker (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 188 White Oak residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Oak.

188live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Oak goes to work

Park Rapids15.6 mi away

27%51

Nevis6 mi away

8%15

Walker13.1 mi away

6%12

Bemidji39.3 mi away

5%10

Shingobee11.9 mi away

5%10

Detroit Lakes53.5 mi away

3%6

Fargo, ND99.3 mi away

3%5

Akeley5.1 mi away

2%4

Duluth123 mi away

2%4

Nevis6.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%68

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

How far

How far White Oak commutes

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

15%

47%

14%

24%

15%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Oak is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Oak are

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

Jobs based in White Oak

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs White Oak residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+260%

Jobs based in White Oak, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 18. 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.