Work & commute · Ironton

Work & commute in Ironton, MN

Most working residents leave Ironton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (14%), Crosby (12%) and Baxter (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 217 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 209 Ironton residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ironton.

209live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ironton goes to work

Brainerd12.8 mi away

14%30

Crosby2.8 mi away

12%27

Baxter16.1 mi away

6%13

Ironton (in town)right here

4%8

Deerwood5.1 mi away

4%8

Aitkin14.5 mi away

3%7

Minneapolis110.8 mi away

3%6

Staples39.4 mi away

2%5

Bay Lake9.9 mi away

2%5

Edina114.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%104

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

How far

How far Ironton commutes

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

27%

35%

27%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ironton is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ironton are

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

Jobs based in Ironton

143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ironton residents hold

217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+86%

Jobs based in Ironton, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 143. 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.