Work & commute · Mountain Iron

Work & commute in Mountain Iron, MN

About one in 5 of Mountain Iron’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Virginia (31%), Duluth (9%) and Hibbing (7%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

240 of 1,160 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 920 Mountain Iron residents head out of town to work, 240 work right here, and 2,355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mountain Iron.

920live here, work elsewhere

240live and work here

2,355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mountain Iron goes to work

Virginia4.7 mi away

31%361

Mountain Iron (in town)right here

21%240

Duluth57.3 mi away

9%108

Hibbing18.2 mi away

7%78

Eveleth5.3 mi away

3%34

Fayal10.4 mi away

2%22

Chisholm12.7 mi away

2%19

Minneapolis180.5 mi away

1%15

Gilbert8.5 mi away

1%12

Biwabik12.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%260

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

How far

How far Mountain Iron commutes

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

59%

12%

25%

59%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mountain Iron is a job hub

2.24jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mountain Iron are

2,595 jobs are based in Mountain Iron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mountain Iron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mountain Iron

2,595 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Mountain Iron residents hold

1,160 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−7%

Jobs based in Mountain Iron, 2013 → 2023: 2,791 → 2,595. 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.