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Work & commute in Duluth, MN

Most working residents leave Duluth for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (52%), Superior (5%) and Hermantown (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
44 of 841 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 797 Duluth residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duluth.

797live here, work elsewhere
44live and work here
345work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Duluth goes to work

Two HarborsHermantownRice LakeDuluthSt. PaulMinneapolisSuperiorGnesenNormannaLakewoodSilver CreekDuluthAldenDuluthSuperiorHermantownTwo HarborsRice LakeLakewoodSt. PaulMinneapolisSilver CreekDuluth
1
Duluth18.5 mi away
52%437
2
Duluth (in town)right here
5%44
3
Superior, WI21.9 mi away
5%38
4
Hermantown21.3 mi away
4%35
5
Two Harbors10.3 mi away
4%31
6
Rice Lake12.8 mi away
4%31
7
Lakewood7.2 mi away
3%25
8
St. Paul152.1 mi away
1%10
9
Minneapolis154.4 mi away
1%10
10
Silver Creek22.8 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
20%170

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

How far

How far Duluth commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
66%10–24 mi
2%25–50 mi
16%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Duluth is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Duluth are

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

Jobs based in Duluth

389 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)60%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Duluth residents hold

841 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+83%

Jobs based in Duluth, 2013 → 2023: 213 → 389. 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.

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