Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Finlayson has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 216 people come in to work
Only 5% work in Finlayson itself; outside it, Sandstone draws the most (11%, 6 miles). Finlayson has 222 jobs for 124 working residents. Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Finlayson: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 118 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 430 people are in Finlayson on a workday afternoon, 30% more 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.
Who travels to work in Finlayson, and from where
Where Finlayson clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Finlayson is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Finlayson, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 222. 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 Finlayson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Finlayson: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Finlayson workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 102 commuters (the 3% 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 Finlayson’s workers travel
About 28% 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.
Finlayson and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Finlayson Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Finlayson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finlayson | – | — | — | 20 min | $68,500 |
| Finlayson Township | 7% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Pine Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Finlayson Township and Pine Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Finlayson’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 Finlayson: questions
What is the median household income in Finlayson?
$68,500 (±$15,851) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Finlayson?
18.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Finlayson?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Finlayson work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandstone (11%, 6 mi), Hinckley (9%, 14 mi), Moose Lake (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Finlayson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Finlayson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Finlayson
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.