Work & commute · Chisholm

Work & commute in Chisholm, MN

About one in 5 of Chisholm’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hibbing (27%), Virginia (10%) and Mountain Iron (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

370 of 1,832 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 1,462 Chisholm residents head out of town to work, 370 work right here, and 696 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chisholm.

1,462live here, work elsewhere

370live and work here

696work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chisholm goes to work

Hibbing7.1 mi away

27%500

Chisholm (in town)right here

20%370

Virginia17.1 mi away

10%182

Mountain Iron12.7 mi away

6%105

Duluth60.5 mi away

6%105

Grand Rapids35.1 mi away

2%41

Cook25.6 mi away

2%29

Minneapolis175.4 mi away

1%27

Fayal18.8 mi away

1%21

St. Paul175.7 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%433

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

How far

How far Chisholm commutes

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

50%

20%

24%

50%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chisholm is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chisholm are

1,066 jobs are based in Chisholm. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chisholm’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chisholm

1,066 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Chisholm residents hold

1,832 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−29%

Jobs based in Chisholm, 2013 → 2023: 1,495 → 1,066. 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.