Work & commute · Floodwood

Work & commute in Floodwood, MN

Most working residents leave Floodwood for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (18%), Cloquet (17%) and Hermantown (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 168 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Floodwood residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Floodwood.

157live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Floodwood goes to work

Duluth38.6 mi away

18%30

Cloquet24.1 mi away

17%28

Floodwood (in town)right here

7%11

Hermantown32.8 mi away

5%9

Grand Rapids36.1 mi away

4%6

Hibbing32.7 mi away

4%6

Arrowhead9.3 mi away

4%6

Minnetonka139.9 mi away

2%4

Superior, WI42.8 mi away

2%3

New Independence19.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%62

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

How far

How far Floodwood commutes

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

13%

15%

54%

18%

13%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

54%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Floodwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Floodwood are

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

Jobs based in Floodwood

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Floodwood residents hold

168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−14%

Jobs based in Floodwood, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 150. 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.