Work & commute · Mahtowa

Work & commute in Mahtowa, MN

Most working residents leave Mahtowa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cloquet (18%), Duluth (14%) and Moose Lake (13%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 260 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Mahtowa residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mahtowa.

255live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mahtowa goes to work

Cloquet13.6 mi away

18%47

Duluth28.3 mi away

14%36

Moose Lake9.2 mi away

13%33

Barnum4.1 mi away

5%14

Barnum4.5 mi away

4%10

Carlton12.1 mi away

3%8

Minneapolis113.9 mi away

3%7

St. Paul113 mi away

2%6

Hermantown25.1 mi away

2%5

Mahtowa (in town)right here

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%89

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

How far

How far Mahtowa commutes

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

16%

42%

17%

24%

16%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mahtowa is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mahtowa are

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

Jobs based in Mahtowa

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Mahtowa residents hold

260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+85%

Jobs based in Mahtowa, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 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.