Work & commute · Fayal

Work & commute in Fayal, MN

Most working residents leave Fayal for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Virginia (25%), Mountain Iron (12%) and Duluth (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 759 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 726 Fayal residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 654 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fayal.

726live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

654work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fayal goes to work

Virginia8.1 mi away

25%193

Mountain Iron10.4 mi away

12%88

Duluth47.1 mi away

10%76

Hibbing21.2 mi away

9%67

Eveleth5.1 mi away

6%45

Fayal (in town)right here

4%33

Minneapolis173.1 mi away

3%19

Cherry11.8 mi away

2%17

Gilbert5.6 mi away

1%11

White12.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%199

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

How far

How far Fayal commutes

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

47%

19%

14%

20%

47%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fayal is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fayal are

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

Jobs based in Fayal

687 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Fayal residents hold

759 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+307%

Jobs based in Fayal, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 687. 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.