Work & commute · Gnesen

Work & commute in Gnesen, MN

Most working residents leave Gnesen for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (55%), Superior (6%) and Hermantown (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 831 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 822 Gnesen residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gnesen.

822live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gnesen goes to work

Duluth17.2 mi away

55%457

Superior, WI22.8 mi away

6%48

Hermantown16.6 mi away

5%45

Rice Lake7.9 mi away

5%38

Two Harbors20.6 mi away

2%18

Gnesen (in town)right here

1%9

Lakewood10.1 mi away

1%9

Eden Prairie163.5 mi away

1%8

Minneapolis152.7 mi away

1%8

Canosia11.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%183

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

How far

How far Gnesen commutes

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

12%

69%

16%

12%Under 10 mi

69%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gnesen is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gnesen are

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

Jobs based in Gnesen

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Gnesen residents hold

831 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+30%

Jobs based in Gnesen, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 140. 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.