Work & commute · Hoyt Lakes

Work & commute in Hoyt Lakes, MN

Most working residents leave Hoyt Lakes for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Virginia (14%), White (13%) and Mountain Iron (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

88 of 817 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 729 Hoyt Lakes residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hoyt Lakes.

729live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hoyt Lakes goes to work

Virginia19.3 mi away

14%112

White8.4 mi away

13%106

Hoyt Lakes (in town)right here

11%88

Mountain Iron23.8 mi away

7%58

Duluth55.1 mi away

7%57

Biwabik11.1 mi away

5%38

Hibbing41 mi away

3%27

Fayal21.1 mi away

3%27

Great Scott28.6 mi away

2%19

Minneapolis188.5 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%267

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

How far

How far Hoyt Lakes commutes

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

29%

31%

14%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hoyt Lakes is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hoyt Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Hoyt Lakes

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Hoyt Lakes residents hold

817 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−61%

Jobs based in Hoyt Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 511 → 197. 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.