Work & commute · Marble

Work & commute in Marble, MN

Most working residents leave Marble for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (30%), Hibbing (12%) and Nashwauk (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 220 Marble residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marble.

220live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marble goes to work

Grand Rapids13.1 mi away

30%68

Hibbing16.7 mi away

12%26

Nashwauk7.2 mi away

6%14

Coleraine9.2 mi away

6%13

Greenway1.8 mi away

6%13

Duluth66.7 mi away

3%6

Minneapolis163.7 mi away

3%6

Cohasset18.6 mi away

2%5

Mountain Iron34.5 mi away

2%5

White49.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%64

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

How far

How far Marble commutes

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

19%

47%

28%

19%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marble is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marble are

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

Jobs based in Marble

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Marble residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−4%

Jobs based in Marble, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 129. 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.