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Work & commute · Black Hammer

Work & commute in Black Hammer, MN

Most working residents leave Black Hammer for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Caledonia (22%), Spring Grove (14%) and La Crosse (14%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 104 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
28%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 Black Hammer residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Hammer.

104live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Black Hammer goes to work

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1
Caledonia9.3 mi away
22%23
2
Spring Grove6 mi away
14%15
3
La Crosse, WI26.3 mi away
14%15
4
La Crescent23.1 mi away
6%6
5
Rochester47.2 mi away
4%4
6
Mayville12.3 mi away
4%4
7
Eitzen14.3 mi away
3%3
8
Houston9.7 mi away
3%3
9
Spring Grove6.9 mi away
3%3
10
Decorah, IA23.9 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%26

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

How far

How far Black Hammer commutes

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

40%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Black Hammer is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Hammer are

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

Jobs based in Black Hammer

5 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)80%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month80%
Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Black Hammer residents hold

104 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month49%
+0%

Jobs based in Black Hammer, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 5. 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.

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