Davidson Windmill · Photo: Chris Bode · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lakeside works elsewhere
Lakeside has 61 jobs; 307 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Lakeside; the top destination outside it is Superior (33%, 11 miles). Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Lakeside
Lakeside and Superior trade workers both ways
Superior is the top workplace for Lakeside residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Lakeside come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lakeside is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Lakeside, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lakeside has about 440 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Lakeside workers cross into Minnesota
27% of Lakeside workers work outside Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Duluth (22%), Cloquet (2%) and Hermantown (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Lakeside: the destinations
Where Lakeside clocks in
33% of workers
22% 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.
How a workday changes Lakeside
On a workday 301 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Lakeside on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Lakeside makes things: 52% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeside, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 61. 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 Lakeside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeside workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 277 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% 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 Lakeside commutes less than 15 miles
About 18% 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.
Lakeside and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Lakeside’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 Lakeside: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeside?
$82,330 (±$8,487) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeside?
4.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeside?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeside work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (33%, 11 mi), Duluth (22%, 15 mi), Poplar (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lakeside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeside
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.