Work & commute · Hibbing

Work & commute in Hibbing, MN

50% of Hibbing’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Virginia (7%), Duluth (6%) and Chisholm (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

50%

3,261 of 6,536 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 3,275 Hibbing residents head out of town to work, 3,261 work right here, and 4,167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hibbing.

3,275live here, work elsewhere

3,261live and work here

4,167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hibbing goes to work

Hibbing (in town)right here

50%3,261

Virginia22 mi away

7%459

Duluth57.5 mi away

6%372

Chisholm7.1 mi away

4%281

Mountain Iron18.2 mi away

4%281

Grand Rapids29.5 mi away

3%169

Nashwauk12.1 mi away

2%129

Minneapolis168.8 mi away

1%92

Minnetonka172 mi away

1%72

Fayal21.2 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%1,352

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

How far

How far Hibbing commutes

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

55%

17%

23%

55%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hibbing is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hibbing are

7,428 jobs are based in Hibbing. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hibbing’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hibbing

7,428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hibbing residents hold

6,536 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−1%

Jobs based in Hibbing, 2013 → 2023: 7,473 → 7,428. 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.