Work & commute · Kalevala

Work & commute in Kalevala, MN

Most working residents leave Kalevala for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Moose Lake (15%), Duluth (13%) and Cloquet (12%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 143 Kalevala residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kalevala.

143live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kalevala goes to work

Moose Lake8.4 mi away

15%22

Duluth38 mi away

13%18

Cloquet21.1 mi away

12%17

Cromwell9 mi away

4%6

St. Paul111.1 mi away

3%4

Midway30.8 mi away

3%4

Automba7.6 mi away

3%4

Barnum8.9 mi away

2%3

Tamarack14.3 mi away

2%3

Scanlon23.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%61

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

How far

How far Kalevala commutes

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

20%

30%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kalevala is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kalevala are

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

Jobs based in Kalevala

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Kalevala residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+100%

Jobs based in Kalevala, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 10. 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.