Work & commute · Hermantown

Work & commute in Hermantown, MN

Most working residents leave Hermantown for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (54%), Superior (5%) and Cloquet (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

552 of 4,250 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,698 Hermantown residents head out of town to work, 552 work right here, and 4,027 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hermantown.

3,698live here, work elsewhere

552live and work here

4,027work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hermantown goes to work

Duluth5.7 mi away

54%2,277

Hermantown (in town)right here

13%552

Superior, WI10.9 mi away

5%229

Cloquet13 mi away

3%112

Proctor4.3 mi away

2%66

Hibbing52.6 mi away

1%49

Minneapolis136.1 mi away

1%48

Canosia6.2 mi away

1%43

Bloomington145.5 mi away

1%42

Rice Lake9.3 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%791

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

How far

How far Hermantown commutes

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

73%

17%

73%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hermantown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hermantown are

4,579 jobs are based in Hermantown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hermantown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hermantown

4,579 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Hermantown residents hold

4,250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+12%

Jobs based in Hermantown, 2013 → 2023: 4,101 → 4,579. 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.