Work & commute · Carlton

Work & commute in Carlton, MN

Most working residents leave Carlton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cloquet (30%), Duluth (24%) and Superior (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 460 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 441 Carlton residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 650 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlton.

441live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

650work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlton goes to work

Cloquet5.9 mi away

30%138

Duluth16.3 mi away

24%111

Superior, WI16.8 mi away

4%20

Carlton (in town)right here

4%19

Moose Lake21.2 mi away

3%13

Hermantown13.2 mi away

3%12

Minneapolis123.7 mi away

2%10

Thomson5.2 mi away

2%9

St. Paul122.3 mi away

1%6

Scanlon3.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%117

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

How far

How far Carlton commutes

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

41%

37%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlton are

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

Jobs based in Carlton

669 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Carlton residents hold

460 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−3%

Jobs based in Carlton, 2013 → 2023: 690 → 669. 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.