Work & commute · McGregor

Work & commute in McGregor, MN

Most working residents leave McGregor for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (6%), Hinckley (5%) and Sandstone (4%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

17 of 159 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 142 McGregor residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McGregor.

142live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McGregor goes to work

McGregor (in town)right here

11%17

Duluth56.4 mi away

6%9

Hinckley45.2 mi away

5%8

Sandstone39.2 mi away

4%7

Moose Lake27.9 mi away

3%5

Shamrock8.3 mi away

3%5

Aitkin20.1 mi away

3%4

Cloquet38.7 mi away

3%4

Jevne3.2 mi away

3%4

Mora50.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%93

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

How far

How far McGregor commutes

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

20%

33%

39%

20%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McGregor is a job hub

3.30jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McGregor are

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

Jobs based in McGregor

524 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs McGregor residents hold

159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+58%

Jobs based in McGregor, 2013 → 2023: 331 → 524. 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.