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Jobs & commute in Chickamaw Beach

Chickamaw Beach has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

For 11% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%. 1 jobs are based in Chickamaw Beach, and 58 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute, 23 minutes each way, matches the Minnesota norm.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Chickamaw Beach on a workday

On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

58live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday66
120live here− 58head out to work+ 1come in to work= 66on a workday

About 66 people are in Chickamaw Beach on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

14% of working residents work in Pine River

Hackensack: 2 residents work here (3%)Pine River: 8 residents work here (14%)Chickamaw BeachSebeka: 1 residents work here (2%)Jenkins: 2 residents work here (3%)Brainerd: 3 residents work here (5%)Pequot Lakes: 3 residents work here (5%)CrosslakeBaxter: 4 residents work here (7%)Eden Prairie: 2 residents work here (3%)Minneapolis: 2 residents work here (3%)Barclay TownshipIdeal Township: 6 residents work here (10%)Pine RiverIdeal TownshipBaxterBrainerdPequot LakesHackensackChickamaw Beach
1
Pine River1.7 mi away
14%8
2
Ideal Township9.7 mi away
10%6
3
Baxter28.1 mi away
7%4
4
Brainerd28.2 mi away
5%3
5
Pequot Lakes11.7 mi away
5%3
6
Hackensack14.1 mi away
3%2
7
Jenkins6.9 mi away
3%2
8
Eden Prairie138.2 mi away
3%2
9
Minneapolis134.2 mi away
3%2
10
Sebeka34.6 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%25
The top trips

Where Chickamaw Beach clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

100% of the jobs in Chickamaw Beach make or build things

Jobs based in Chickamaw BeachJobs Chickamaw Beach residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%17%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices0%67%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%33%
Over $3,333 a month100%43%

Who does it

29 or younger0%28%
30 to 54100%48%
55 and older0%24%
+0%

Jobs based in Chickamaw Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 1. 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 Chickamaw Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Chickamaw Beach’s commute takes about 23 minutes

A year of commuting
176 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Chickamaw Beach23 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
11%

of Chickamaw Beach workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Chickamaw Beach gets to work
77%Drive alone
8%Carpool
4%Walk
12%Other

Share of the 78 commuters (the 11% 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.

How far

Chickamaw Beach’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPine River: 14% · 1.7 miIdeal Township: 10% · 9.7 miBaxter: 7% · 28.1 miBrainerd: 5% · 28.2 miPequot Lakes: 5% · 11.7 miHackensack: 3% · 14.1 miJenkins: 3% · 6.9 miEden Prairie: 3% · 138.2 miMinneapolis: 3% · 134.2 miSebeka: 2% · 34.6 miPine River 14%Ideal Township 10%Baxter 7%Brainerd 5%Pequot Lakes 5%Chickamaw Beach
Chickamaw BeachTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi18 residents
26%10–24 mi15 residents
17%25–50 mi10 residents
26%Over 50 mi15 residents

About 26% 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.

Next door

Bordering towns draw 14% of Chickamaw Beach’s workers

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Barclay Township17 min
Pine River20 min
Chickamaw Beach23 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownChickamaw Beach workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Chickamaw Beach–——23 min$110,000
Barclay Townshipunder 2%——17 min—
Pine River14%——20 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Barclay Township and Pine River: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Pine River. Darker towns draw more of Chickamaw Beach’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Chickamaw Beach: questions

What is the median household income in Chickamaw Beach?

$110,000 (±$56,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Chickamaw Beach?

4.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Chickamaw Beach?

23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Chickamaw Beach work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine River (14%, 2 mi), Ideal Township (10%, 10 mi), Baxter (7%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Chickamaw Beach without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Chickamaw Beach, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Chickamaw Beach

Chickamaw Beach home →

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.