Work & commute · Kettle River

Work & commute in Kettle River, MN

Most working residents leave Kettle River for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Moose Lake (13%), Cloquet (13%) and Duluth (10%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 70 Kettle River residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kettle River.

70live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kettle River goes to work

Moose Lake6.1 mi away

13%9

Cloquet24.3 mi away

13%9

Duluth40.5 mi away

10%7

Superior, WI40.4 mi away

4%3

Eagle10.9 mi away

4%3

Automba8.9 mi away

4%3

Barnum9.1 mi away

3%2

Cromwell13.3 mi away

3%2

Carlton24.3 mi away

3%2

Brainerd63.6 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%28

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

How far

How far Kettle River commutes

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

20%

22%

26%

32%

20%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kettle River is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kettle River are

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

Jobs based in Kettle River

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities81%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Kettle River residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+7%

Jobs based in Kettle River, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 48. 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.