Work & commute · Nashwauk

Work & commute in Nashwauk, MN

Most working residents leave Nashwauk for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hibbing (28%), Grand Rapids (17%) and Duluth (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

89 of 739 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 650 Nashwauk residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 653 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nashwauk.

650live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

653work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nashwauk goes to work

Hibbing12.1 mi away

28%205

Grand Rapids19.8 mi away

17%123

Nashwauk (in town)right here

12%89

Duluth67.1 mi away

5%36

Chisholm15.9 mi away

2%16

Virginia32.9 mi away

2%15

Mountain Iron28.6 mi away

1%11

Coleraine16.1 mi away

1%10

Minneapolis169.6 mi away

1%9

Bigfork31 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%217

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

How far

How far Nashwauk commutes

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

18%

49%

24%

18%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nashwauk is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nashwauk are

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

Jobs based in Nashwauk

742 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Nashwauk residents hold

739 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+97%

Jobs based in Nashwauk, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 742. 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.