Photo: JonCarlsonCassCountyDFL · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Loon Lake Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 12% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Loon Lake Township has 39 jobs, against 254 working residents. Working residents average 26 minutes each way (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Loon Lake Township in brief
A workday in Loon Lake Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 253 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Loon Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
17% of working residents work in Pine River
Where Loon Lake Township clocks in
17% 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.
Making and building: 64% of jobs based in Loon Lake Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loon Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 39. 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 Loon Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Loon Lake Township, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loon Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 351 commuters (the 12% 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.
Half of Loon Lake Township commutes less than 16 miles
About 25% 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.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Loon Lake Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Pequot Lakes (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loon Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loon Lake Township | – | — | — | 26 min | $75,313 |
| Maple Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Pequot Lakes | 8% | C | B+ | 22 min | $63,699 |
| Jenkins | 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Lake Shore | under 3% | B | C | 22 min | $96,563 |
| Wilson Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Nisswa | 5% | A− | B | 22 min | $100,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Maple Township, Jenkins and Wilson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Loon Lake Township’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 Loon Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Loon Lake Township?
$75,313 (±$17,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loon Lake Township?
2.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loon Lake Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loon Lake Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pine River (17%, 9 mi), Pequot Lakes (8%, 4 mi), Baxter (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Loon Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loon Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loon Lake Township
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.