Work & commute · Grattan

Work & commute in Grattan, MN

Most working residents leave Grattan for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bigfork (15%), Grand Rapids (10%) and Cohasset (10%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 20 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19 Grattan residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grattan.

19live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grattan goes to work

Bigfork20.4 mi away

15%3

Grand Rapids45.6 mi away

10%2

Cohasset42.3 mi away

10%2

Cass Lake36.5 mi away

5%1

Northome10.5 mi away

5%1

Blackduck22 mi away

5%1

Bemidji42.1 mi away

5%1

Hermantown109.7 mi away

5%1

Plymouth193 mi away

5%1

Duluth115.1 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%6

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

How far

How far Grattan commutes

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

10%

35%

30%

25%

10%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grattan is a job hub

2.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grattan are

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

Jobs based in Grattan

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Grattan residents hold

20 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+4%

Jobs based in Grattan, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 52. 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.