Work & commute · Birch Creek

Work & commute in Birch Creek, MN

Most working residents leave Birch Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Moose Lake (15%), Duluth (11%) and Willow River (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 97 Birch Creek residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Birch Creek.

97live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Birch Creek goes to work

Moose Lake12.8 mi away

15%15

Duluth49.7 mi away

11%11

Willow River9.6 mi away

7%7

Hinckley26 mi away

6%6

Sandstone18.9 mi away

5%5

Cloquet33.9 mi away

5%5

Columbus78.2 mi away

3%3

Finlayson14.1 mi away

3%3

Superior, WI49.2 mi away

2%2

Windemere13.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%38

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

How far

How far Birch Creek commutes

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

12%

29%

24%

35%

12%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Birch Creek is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Birch Creek are

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

Jobs based in Birch Creek

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Birch Creek residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+81%

Jobs based in Birch Creek, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 29. 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.