Work & commute · Lutsen

Work & commute in Lutsen, MN

Most working residents leave Lutsen for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Marais (36%), Tofte (8%) and Duluth (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

42 of 292 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 250 Lutsen residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lutsen.

250live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lutsen goes to work

Grand Marais16.9 mi away

36%106

Lutsen (in town)right here

14%42

Tofte6.5 mi away

8%22

Duluth96.9 mi away

3%8

Aitkin165.7 mi away

1%3

Marshall335.3 mi away

1%2

Bemidji195.5 mi away

1%2

Virginia86.2 mi away

1%2

Bloomington239.3 mi away

1%2

Eden Prairie241.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%101

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

How far

How far Lutsen commutes

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

18%

52%

22%

18%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lutsen is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lutsen are

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

Jobs based in Lutsen

320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Lutsen residents hold

292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−30%

Jobs based in Lutsen, 2013 → 2023: 457 → 320. 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.