Work & commute · Keewatin

Work & commute in Keewatin, MN

Most working residents leave Keewatin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hibbing (25%), Nashwauk (12%) and Grand Rapids (11%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 444 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 440 Keewatin residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Keewatin.

440live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Keewatin goes to work

Hibbing6.4 mi away

25%112

Nashwauk5.7 mi away

12%54

Grand Rapids23.8 mi away

11%48

Duluth62.1 mi away

5%23

Mountain Iron23.8 mi away

3%14

Virginia27.9 mi away

2%10

Chisholm11.3 mi away

2%7

St. Paul169.3 mi away

2%7

Superior, WI67.9 mi away

2%7

Greenway9.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%155

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

How far

How far Keewatin commutes

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

36%

20%

14%

30%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Keewatin is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Keewatin are

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

Jobs based in Keewatin

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Keewatin residents hold

444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−93%

Jobs based in Keewatin, 2013 → 2023: 531 → 35. 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.