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Work & commute · Cedar Valley

Work & commute in Cedar Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Cedar Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (16%), Mountain Iron (14%) and Hibbing (14%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
1 of 73 working residents
Typical commute
35 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
44 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 72 Cedar Valley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Valley.

72live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
8work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cedar Valley goes to work

ChicagoProctorBuhlChisholmVirginiaHermantownMountain IronDuluthHibbingSuperiorCedar ValleyToivolaElmerMeadowlandsMcDavittWawinaLavellGoodlandBalkanCherryCottonDuluthMountain IronHibbingBuhlHermantownCherryVirginiaSuperiorCottonChicagoCedar Valley
1
Duluth49.2 mi away
16%12
2
Mountain Iron33.9 mi away
14%10
3
Hibbing18.4 mi away
14%10
4
Buhl27.8 mi away
4%3
5
Hermantown43.6 mi away
4%3
6
Cherry23.4 mi away
4%3
7
Virginia36.3 mi away
3%2
8
Superior, WI54.4 mi away
3%2
9
Cotton27.9 mi away
3%2
10
Chicago, IL450.9 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%25

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

How far

How far Cedar Valley commutes

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

1%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
56%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Valley is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Valley are

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

Jobs based in Cedar Valley

9 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)100%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month56%
Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Cedar Valley residents hold

73 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month56%
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.

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