Work & commute · Biwabik

Work & commute in Biwabik, MN

Most working residents leave Biwabik for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Virginia (21%), Mountain Iron (10%) and Hibbing (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 353 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 320 Biwabik residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 581 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Biwabik.

320live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

581work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Biwabik goes to work

Virginia8.3 mi away

21%75

Mountain Iron12.8 mi away

10%36

Biwabik (in town)right here

9%33

Hibbing30 mi away

7%24

White5 mi away

7%24

Duluth53.8 mi away

6%22

Fayal11.4 mi away

4%14

Biwabik3.9 mi away

3%10

Minnetonka187.9 mi away

2%6

Minneapolis183.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%103

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

How far

How far Biwabik commutes

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

39%

24%

10%

27%

39%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Biwabik is a job hub

1.74jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Biwabik are

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

Jobs based in Biwabik

614 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Biwabik residents hold

353 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+104%

Jobs based in Biwabik, 2013 → 2023: 301 → 614. 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.