Work & commute · Moose Lake

Work & commute in Moose Lake, MN

About one in 3 of Moose Lake’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Duluth (11%), Cloquet (5%) and Minneapolis (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

248 of 843 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 595 Moose Lake residents head out of town to work, 248 work right here, and 1,490 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moose Lake.

595live here, work elsewhere

248live and work here

1,490work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moose Lake goes to work

Moose Lake (in town)right here

29%248

Duluth37.2 mi away

11%93

Cloquet22.6 mi away

5%45

Minneapolis105.6 mi away

3%28

Barnum5.1 mi away

2%20

Windemere5.6 mi away

2%19

Moose Lake3 mi away

2%16

Superior, WI36.4 mi away

2%14

Carlton21.2 mi away

1%11

Sandstone22.7 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%338

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

How far

How far Moose Lake commutes

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

39%

13%

16%

32%

39%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moose Lake is a job hub

2.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moose Lake are

1,738 jobs are based in Moose Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moose Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moose Lake

1,738 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Moose Lake residents hold

843 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−13%

Jobs based in Moose Lake, 2013 → 2023: 2,001 → 1,738. 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.