Work & commute · Great Scott

Work & commute in Great Scott, MN

Most working residents leave Great Scott for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Hibbing (23%), Virginia (21%) and Mountain Iron (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 164 Great Scott residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Great Scott.

164live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Great Scott goes to work

Hibbing15.6 mi away

23%38

Virginia9.8 mi away

21%35

Mountain Iron5.2 mi away

8%13

Duluth61 mi away

7%11

Fayal14.9 mi away

4%6

Chisholm9 mi away

3%5

Cook18.9 mi away

2%4

Grand Rapids44 mi away

2%4

Gilbert13.7 mi away

2%3

Great Scott (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%45

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

How far

How far Great Scott commutes

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

31%

41%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Great Scott is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Great Scott are

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

Jobs based in Great Scott

240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities91%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less1%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs Great Scott residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+5900%

Jobs based in Great Scott, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 240. 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.