Work & commute · Buhl

Work & commute in Buhl, MN

Most working residents leave Buhl for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hibbing (18%), Mountain Iron (14%) and Virginia (12%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 373 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 364 Buhl residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buhl.

364live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buhl goes to work

Hibbing10.6 mi away

18%68

Mountain Iron8 mi away

14%53

Virginia12.4 mi away

12%43

Duluth58.6 mi away

7%26

Cherry6.2 mi away

4%15

Chisholm4.7 mi away

3%13

Fayal14.7 mi away

3%10

Nashwauk20.5 mi away

3%10

Buhl (in town)right here

2%9

White24.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%118

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

How far

How far Buhl commutes

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

42%

27%

24%

42%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buhl is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buhl are

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

Jobs based in Buhl

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Buhl residents hold

373 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+27%

Jobs based in Buhl, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 169. 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.