Work & commute · Fine Lakes

Work & commute in Fine Lakes, MN

Most working residents leave Fine Lakes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (18%), Hermantown (15%) and Cloquet (12%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 67 Fine Lakes residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fine Lakes.

67live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fine Lakes goes to work

Duluth33.5 mi away

18%12

Hermantown28 mi away

15%10

Cloquet16.8 mi away

12%8

Floodwood9.5 mi away

10%7

Superior, WI36.7 mi away

4%3

Halden10 mi away

4%3

Hibbing41.7 mi away

3%2

New Independence20.1 mi away

3%2

Brookston12.3 mi away

1%1

Cromwell8.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%18

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

How far

How far Fine Lakes commutes

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

16%

21%

49%

13%

16%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fine Lakes is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fine Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Fine Lakes

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Fine Lakes residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−50%

Jobs based in Fine Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 2. 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.