Work & commute · Cook

Work & commute in Cook, MN

Most working residents leave Cook for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Virginia (24%), Mountain Iron (8%) and Duluth (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

30 of 199 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 169 Cook residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 615 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cook.

169live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

615work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cook goes to work

Virginia22.8 mi away

24%48

Cook (in town)right here

15%30

Mountain Iron20.9 mi away

8%16

Duluth77.8 mi away

8%15

Hibbing32.7 mi away

4%8

Grand Rapids57 mi away

3%5

Camp 523.9 mi away

3%5

White30.9 mi away

3%5

St. Paul200.4 mi away

2%4

Fayal30.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%59

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

How far

How far Cook commutes

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

18%

42%

18%

23%

18%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cook is a job hub

3.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cook are

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

Jobs based in Cook

645 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Cook residents hold

199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in Cook, 2013 → 2023: 629 → 645. 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.