Lastrup has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
6 jobs are based in Lastrup; 63 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Lastrup itself; outside it, Pierz draws the most (14%, 5 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lastrup quiets down on a workday
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 63 people are in Lastrup on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
Where Lastrup goes to work
Where Lastrup clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
5% 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.
Lastrup is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lastrup, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 6. 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 Lastrup’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Lastrup
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lastrup workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 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.
How far it is to work from Lastrup
About 16% 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.
How Lastrup compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lastrup workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lastrup | – | — | — | 31 min | $98,333 |
| Granite Township | under 4% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Buh Township | under 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Granite Township and Buh Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lastrup’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 Lastrup: questions
What is the median household income in Lastrup?
$98,333 (±$22,341) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lastrup?
5.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lastrup?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lastrup work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pierz (14%, 5 mi), Little Falls (14%, 14 mi), Brainerd (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lastrup without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lastrup, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lastrup
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.