Work & commute · Grand Rapids

Work & commute in Grand Rapids, MN

50% of Grand Rapids’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Duluth (5%), Cohasset (4%) and Hibbing (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50%

2,321 of 4,646 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,325 Grand Rapids residents head out of town to work, 2,321 work right here, and 6,719 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Rapids.

2,325live here, work elsewhere

2,321live and work here

6,719work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Rapids goes to work

Grand Rapids (in town)right here

50%2,321

Duluth73.3 mi away

5%215

Cohasset6.1 mi away

4%174

Hibbing29.5 mi away

3%133

Deer River14 mi away

2%91

Minneapolis157.7 mi away

2%78

La Prairie2 mi away

2%72

Coleraine3.9 mi away

1%61

Harris5.7 mi away

1%56

Greenway14.5 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,392

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

How far

How far Grand Rapids commutes

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

59%

29%

59%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Rapids is a job hub

1.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Rapids are

9,040 jobs are based in Grand Rapids. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand Rapids’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grand Rapids

9,040 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Grand Rapids residents hold

4,646 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−3%

Jobs based in Grand Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 9,300 → 9,040. 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.