Photo: Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Jenkins has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 401 people come in to work
411 jobs are based in Jenkins; 232 of its residents have a job. Only 4% stay in Jenkins for work; outside it, Crosslake is the main destination (11%, 11 miles). For 4% of workers, the job is at home (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jenkins at work: what stands out
Jenkins makes and builds things
69% of the jobs based in Jenkins are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Jenkins residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
Few Jenkins workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 232 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jenkins works in goods: 69% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jenkins, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 411. 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 Jenkins’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Jenkins to work
About 34% 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.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jenkins workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 4% 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 a workday changes Jenkins
On a workday 222 residents head out to work and 10 work right here.
About 690 people are in Jenkins on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The daily trip into Jenkins
Where Jenkins clocks in
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.
The towns around Jenkins
The biggest share goes to Pequot Lakes (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jenkins workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins | – | — | — | 20 min | $74,250 |
| Pequot Lakes | 5% | C | B+ | 22 min | $63,699 |
| Jenkins Township | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Wilson Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Loon Lake Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jenkins Township, Wilson Township and Loon Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jenkins’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 Jenkins: questions
What is the median household income in Jenkins?
$74,250 (±$16,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jenkins?
6.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jenkins?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jenkins work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crosslake (11%, 11 mi), Brainerd (8%, 21 mi), Baxter (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jenkins 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 Jenkins, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jenkins
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.