Work & commute · Owens

Work & commute in Owens, MN

Most working residents leave Owens for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Virginia (24%), Duluth (13%) and Cook (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 104 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 Owens residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owens.

104live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owens goes to work

Virginia21.2 mi away

24%25

Duluth76.2 mi away

13%13

Cook2.8 mi away

10%10

Mountain Iron19.9 mi away

8%8

Camp 525.2 mi away

4%4

Hibbing33.1 mi away

3%3

Minneapolis200 mi away

3%3

Field7.2 mi away

3%3

Biwabik23.9 mi away

2%2

Fayal29.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%31

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

How far

How far Owens commutes

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

15%

40%

13%

31%

15%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owens is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.21 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Owens are

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

Jobs based in Owens

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Owens residents hold

104 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−62%

Jobs based in Owens, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 22. 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.