Work & commute · Grand Marais

Work & commute in Grand Marais, MN

51% of Grand Marais’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Lutsen (8%), Duluth (4%) and Tofte (4%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

250 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 243 Grand Marais residents head out of town to work, 250 work right here, and 817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Marais.

243live here, work elsewhere

250live and work here

817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Marais goes to work

Grand Marais (in town)right here

51%250

Lutsen16.9 mi away

8%38

Duluth108 mi away

4%21

Tofte23.1 mi away

4%18

Minneapolis238.2 mi away

2%11

Hermantown111.1 mi away

1%7

Virginia102.4 mi away

1%4

St. Paul234.5 mi away

1%4

Aitkin179.4 mi away

1%3

Marshall346.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%134

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

How far

How far Grand Marais commutes

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

60%

10%

25%

60%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Marais is a job hub

2.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Marais are

1,067 jobs are based in Grand Marais. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand Marais’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grand Marais

1,067 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Grand Marais residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+50%

Jobs based in Grand Marais, 2013 → 2023: 710 → 1,067. 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.