Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Kerrick, MN
0% of workers work from home; Minnesota has 18%. Hardly any work in Kerrick; the top destination outside it is Moose Lake (25%, 11 miles). The trip to work takes 38 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Kerrick: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 60 people are in Kerrick on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Kerrick work
Where Kerrick clocks in
25% 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.
Most jobs in Kerrick are in services
19 jobs are based in Kerrick.
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 Kerrick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Kerrick takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kerrick workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Kerrick
About 38% 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.
Kerrick and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kerrick workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerrick | – | — | — | 38 min | $65,000 |
| Kerrick Township | under 4% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kerrick Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kerrick’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 Kerrick: questions
What is the median household income in Kerrick?
$65,000 (±$60,935) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kerrick?
42.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kerrick?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kerrick work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moose Lake (25%, 11 mi), Cloquet (9%, 27 mi), Windemere Township (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kerrick 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 Kerrick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kerrick
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.