With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Cuyuna works elsewhere
3 jobs are based in Cuyuna, against 110 working residents. Working residents average 24 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. For 17% of workers, the job is at home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Cuyuna, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Cuyuna on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
15% of working residents work in Crosby
Where Cuyuna clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Cuyuna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Cuyuna, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cuyuna workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 95 commuters (the 17% 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.
Cuyuna’s commute, mile by mile
About 43% 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.
The towns next door employ 15% of Cuyuna
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cuyuna workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuyuna | – | — | — | 24 min | $81,875 |
| Rabbit Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Wolford Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Deerwood Township | under 2% | B | D | 27 min | $95,119 |
| Crosby | 15% | D | A− | 22 min | $41,554 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rabbit Lake Township and Wolford Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Crosby. Darker towns draw more of Cuyuna’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 Cuyuna: questions
What is the median household income in Cuyuna?
$81,875 (±$23,558) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cuyuna?
6.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cuyuna?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cuyuna work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crosby (15%, 2 mi), Brainerd (8%, 17 mi), Baxter (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cuyuna 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 Cuyuna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cuyuna
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.