Work & commute · Breitung

Work & commute in Breitung, MN

Most working residents leave Breitung for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tower (17%), Virginia (11%) and Greenwood (10%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 184 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 179 Breitung residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Breitung.

179live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Breitung goes to work

Tower2.5 mi away

17%32

Virginia25.3 mi away

11%21

Greenwood3.9 mi away

10%18

Duluth74.6 mi away

8%14

Mountain Iron27.3 mi away

6%11

Ely19.2 mi away

5%9

St. Paul204.4 mi away

4%7

Cook19.9 mi away

3%5

Hibbing44.8 mi away

3%5

Minneapolis205.2 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%57

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

How far

How far Breitung commutes

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

32%

24%

15%

30%

32%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Breitung is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Breitung are

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

Jobs based in Breitung

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Breitung residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+700%

Jobs based in Breitung, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 24. 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.