Work & commute · Babbitt

Work & commute in Babbitt, MN

About one in 4 of Babbitt’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ely (15%), Virginia (9%) and Duluth (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

155 of 610 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 455 Babbitt residents head out of town to work, 155 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Babbitt.

455live here, work elsewhere

155live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Babbitt goes to work

Babbitt (in town)right here

25%155

Ely18.4 mi away

15%92

Virginia28.6 mi away

9%57

Duluth60.8 mi away

6%35

Morse14.1 mi away

4%22

Greenwood24.5 mi away

3%19

Tower20 mi away

3%17

White18.1 mi away

2%14

Mountain Iron32.9 mi away

2%11

Biwabik20.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%178

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Babbitt commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

27%

30%

18%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Babbitt is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Babbitt are

296 jobs are based in Babbitt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Babbitt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Babbitt

296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Babbitt residents hold

610 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+5%

Jobs based in Babbitt, 2013 → 2023: 283 → 296. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.