Work & commute · Duluth

Work & commute in Duluth, MN

63% of Duluth’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Superior (5%), Hermantown (5%) and Cloquet (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63%

21,604 of 34,178 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,574 Duluth residents head out of town to work, 21,604 work right here, and 34,921 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duluth.

12,574live here, work elsewhere

21,604live and work here

34,921work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duluth goes to work

Duluth (in town)right here

63%21,604

Superior, WI6.2 mi away

5%1,867

Hermantown5.7 mi away

5%1,564

Cloquet17.7 mi away

2%724

Minneapolis136.5 mi away

1%501

Minnetonka142.3 mi away

1%390

Rice Lake9.3 mi away

1%376

Proctor5 mi away

1%370

St. Paul134.5 mi away

1%304

Eden Prairie147.5 mi away

1%255

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%6,223

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.

73%

18%

73%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duluth is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Duluth are

56,525 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

56,525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Duluth residents hold

34,178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−4%

Jobs based in Duluth, 2013 → 2023: 58,581 → 56,525. 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.