Work & commute · Cromwell

Work & commute in Cromwell, MN

Most working residents leave Cromwell for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Moose Lake (17%), Cloquet (14%) and Duluth (14%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 105 Cromwell residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cromwell.

105live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cromwell goes to work

Moose Lake16.7 mi away

17%19

Cloquet17.8 mi away

14%15

Duluth35.5 mi away

14%15

Cromwell (in town)right here

4%4

Carlton20.9 mi away

4%4

Minneapolis120.1 mi away

3%3

Barnum14.8 mi away

2%2

Moose Lake18.2 mi away

2%2

Twin Lakes18.7 mi away

2%2

Automba10.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%41

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

How far

How far Cromwell commutes

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

50%

17%

26%

7%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cromwell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cromwell are

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

Jobs based in Cromwell

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Cromwell residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−25%

Jobs based in Cromwell, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 91. 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.