Work & commute · Meadowlands

Work & commute in Meadowlands, MN

Most working residents leave Meadowlands for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hibbing (23%), Duluth (18%) and Cloquet (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 44 working residents

Typical commute

30 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 44 Meadowlands residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meadowlands.

44live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meadowlands goes to work

Hibbing24.5 mi away

23%10

Duluth34.9 mi away

18%8

Cloquet26.4 mi away

7%3

Virginia32.9 mi away

5%2

Mountain Iron32.5 mi away

5%2

St. Paul147.9 mi away

5%2

New Independence12.4 mi away

5%2

Keewatin28 mi away

2%1

Tower55.6 mi away

2%1

Eveleth29.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%12

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

How far

How far Meadowlands commutes

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

16%

64%

20%

0%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

64%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meadowlands is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Meadowlands are

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

Jobs based in Meadowlands

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Meadowlands residents hold

44 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−10%

Jobs based in Meadowlands, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 35. 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.