Work & commute · Eveleth

Work & commute in Eveleth, MN

Most working residents leave Eveleth for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Virginia (30%), Duluth (9%) and Hibbing (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

158 of 1,504 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,346 Eveleth residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 616 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eveleth.

1,346live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

616work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eveleth goes to work

Virginia3.8 mi away

30%444

Eveleth (in town)right here

11%158

Duluth52.2 mi away

9%136

Hibbing19.4 mi away

8%117

Mountain Iron5.3 mi away

6%95

Fayal5.1 mi away

5%73

White13.9 mi away

2%31

Minneapolis177 mi away

2%23

Biwabik10.6 mi away

1%20

Chisholm15.5 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%389

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

How far

How far Eveleth commutes

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

55%

14%

23%

55%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eveleth is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eveleth are

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

Jobs based in Eveleth

774 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Eveleth residents hold

1,504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−39%

Jobs based in Eveleth, 2013 → 2023: 1,275 → 774. 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.