With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake Lillian works elsewhere
Lake Lillian has 26 jobs; 103 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Lake Lillian itself; outside it, Willmar draws the most (35%, 15 miles). For 1% of workers, the job is at home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Lillian by day and by night
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Lake Lillian 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Lake Lillian: the destinations
Where Lake Lillian clocks in
35% of workers
4% 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.
Jobs in Lake Lillian: what the 26 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Lillian, 2014 → 2024: 39 → 26. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Lillian’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way for Lake Lillian’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Lillian workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 commuters (the 1% 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 it is to work from Lake Lillian
About 27% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Lake Lillian and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Lillian workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Lillian | – | — | — | 31 min | $60,250 |
| East Lake Lillian Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Lake Lillian Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. East Lake Lillian Township and Lake Lillian Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Lillian’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 2024, 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 Lake Lillian: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Lillian?
$60,250 (±$21,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Lillian?
5.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Lillian?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Lillian work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willmar (35%, 15 mi), Litchfield (6%, 21 mi), Atwater (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lake Lillian 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 Lake Lillian, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Lillian
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.