Work & commute · Brookston

Work & commute in Brookston, MN

Most working residents leave Brookston for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cloquet (50%), Duluth (8%) and Hibbing (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 24 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 23 Brookston residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookston.

23live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookston goes to work

Cloquet10.8 mi away

50%12

Duluth22.9 mi away

8%2

Hibbing40.1 mi away

8%2

Brookston (in town)right here

4%1

Floodwood15.6 mi away

4%1

Carlton16.6 mi away

4%1

Bemidji115.4 mi away

4%1

Superior, WI27.3 mi away

4%1

Northland14.7 mi away

4%1

Industrial5.5 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

4%1

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

How far

How far Brookston commutes

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

75%

13%

8%Under 10 mi

75%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookston are

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

Jobs based in Brookston

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Brookston residents hold

24 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−20%

Jobs based in Brookston, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 35. 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.