Work & commute · Cloquet

Work & commute in Cloquet, MN

About one in 3 of Cloquet’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Duluth (25%), Superior (3%) and Carlton (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

1,906 of 5,598 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 3,692 Cloquet residents head out of town to work, 1,906 work right here, and 5,260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cloquet.

3,692live here, work elsewhere

1,906live and work here

5,260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cloquet goes to work

Cloquet (in town)right here

34%1,906

Duluth17.7 mi away

25%1,407

Superior, WI20 mi away

3%185

Carlton5.9 mi away

3%151

Minneapolis127.2 mi away

2%122

Hermantown13 mi away

2%113

Moose Lake22.6 mi away

2%111

Thomson6.7 mi away

2%99

Twin Lakes7.2 mi away

1%72

St. Paul126.1 mi away

1%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,370

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

How far

How far Cloquet commutes

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

43%

35%

21%

43%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cloquet is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cloquet are

7,166 jobs are based in Cloquet. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cloquet’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cloquet

7,166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Cloquet residents hold

5,598 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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Jobs based in Cloquet, 2013 → 2023: 7,188 → 7,166. 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.