Pine Lake Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
15 jobs are based in Pine Lake Township, against 188 working residents. Hardly any stay in Pine Lake Township for work; outside it, Bemidji is the main destination (21%, 32 miles). 6% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pine Lake Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 188 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Pine Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where people from Pine Lake Township work
Where Pine Lake Township clocks in
21% of workers
12% of workers
10% 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.
What Pine Lake Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Lake Township, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 15. 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 Pine Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Pine Lake Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 214 commuters (the 6% 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.
The commute from Pine Lake Township, by distance
About 24% 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.
Pine Lake Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Leon Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Lake Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $101,875 |
| Leon Township | 4% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Eden Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Winsor Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Eddy Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leon Township, Eden Township, Winsor Township and Eddy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine 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 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 Pine Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Lake Township?
$101,875 (±$29,972) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Lake Township?
7.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Lake Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Lake Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bemidji (21%, 32 mi), Clearbrook (12%, 4 mi), Bagley (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pine Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Lake Township
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.