Wilford H. Fawcett House · Photo: SH5544 · CC BY-SA 4.0Breezy Point has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 433 jobs in Breezy Point for 1,083 working residents. Jobs and income earn Breezy Point B−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 7% work in Breezy Point itself; outside it, Brainerd draws the most (12%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Breezy Point apart
The better-paid jobs are outside Breezy Point
57% of Breezy Point residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 27% of the jobs based in Breezy Point pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Breezy Point pay little
34% of the jobs based in Breezy Point pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Breezy Point’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Breezy Point is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #188 of 273 in Minnesota. The poverty rate holds Breezy Point’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Breezy Point could be anywhere from C to A−.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Breezy Point
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Breezy Point, 2013 → 2023: 552 → 433. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Breezy Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Breezy Point works
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who commutes out of Breezy Point, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,008 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 358 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Breezy Point on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Breezy Point to work: where people go
Where Breezy Point clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
From Breezy Point, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Breezy Point workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,022 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Few in Breezy Point walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Breezy Point is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #257 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,252 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Breezy Point households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Breezy Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Breezy Point is 2,205th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Empire MN | 3,063 | $148K | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,203 | Washington Park FL | 2,402 | $61K | 9.2% | 5.8% | <1% | B− |
| 2,204 | Navy Yard City WA | 2,672 | $70K | 21.9% | 0.7% | 1% | B− |
| 2,205 | Breezy Point MN | 2,771 | $86K | 6.1% | 4.0% | 7% | B− |
| 2,206 | Jacksonville OR | 2,972 | $90K | 9.2% | 5.3% | 7% | B− |
| 2,207 | Pine Grove Township PA | 2,483 | $96K | 4.6% | 6.8% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Breezy Point, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Breezy Point’s workers
The biggest share goes to Pequot Lakes (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Breezy Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breezy Point | – | B− | C− | 26 min | $85,938 |
| Pelican Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Ideal Township | under 2% | B | C | 25 min | $108,355 |
| Mission Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Pequot Lakes | 10% | C | B+ | 22 min | $63,699 |
| Crosslake | 7% | B− | B+ | 29 min | $79,635 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pelican Township and Mission Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Breezy Point’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Breezy Point: questions
What is the median household income in Breezy Point?
$85,938 (±$11,654) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Breezy Point?
6.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Breezy Point?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Breezy Point work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brainerd (12%, 18 mi), Pequot Lakes (10%, 4 mi), Baxter (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Breezy Point walkable?
Breezy Point is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Breezy Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Breezy Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Breezy Point
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.