Work & commute · Blackduck

Work & commute in Blackduck, MN

Most working residents leave Blackduck for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (26%), Red Lake (4%) and Little Rock (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

65 of 384 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 319 Blackduck residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackduck.

319live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackduck goes to work

Bemidji22.7 mi away

26%100

Blackduck (in town)right here

17%65

Red Lake22.8 mi away

4%17

Little Rock26.8 mi away

3%11

Redby18.7 mi away

3%10

Roosevelt26.2 mi away

2%9

Summit4.6 mi away

2%8

Cass Lake24.4 mi away

2%6

Minneapolis200.9 mi away

2%6

Bagley41.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%147

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

How far

How far Blackduck commutes

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

21%

41%

11%

27%

21%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackduck is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackduck are

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

Jobs based in Blackduck

570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Blackduck residents hold

384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−12%

Jobs based in Blackduck, 2013 → 2023: 651 → 570. 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.