Work & commute · Balkan

Work & commute in Balkan, MN

Most working residents leave Balkan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hibbing (26%), Virginia (10%) and Cook (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 376 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 370 Balkan residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Balkan.

370live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Balkan goes to work

Hibbing10.8 mi away

26%96

Virginia16.1 mi away

10%39

Cook21.9 mi away

8%30

Chisholm3.8 mi away

7%27

Mountain Iron11.5 mi away

7%27

Duluth63 mi away

6%24

Great Scott6.7 mi away

2%9

Nashwauk18 mi away

2%8

Fayal19.4 mi away

2%7

Minneapolis179.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%103

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

How far

How far Balkan commutes

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

27%

44%

21%

27%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Balkan is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Balkan are

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

Jobs based in Balkan

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Balkan residents hold

376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−95%

Jobs based in Balkan, 2013 → 2023: 1,020 → 51. 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.