Work & commute · Perch Lake

Work & commute in Perch Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Perch Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cloquet (36%), Duluth (20%) and Superior (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 406 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 403 Perch Lake residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perch Lake.

403live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perch Lake goes to work

Cloquet6.6 mi away

36%145

Duluth23.9 mi away

20%82

Superior, WI26.6 mi away

4%18

Carlton11.6 mi away

4%15

Moose Lake21.3 mi away

2%10

Minneapolis126.9 mi away

2%10

St. Paul126.2 mi away

2%7

Hermantown18.8 mi away

1%5

Thomson13.3 mi away

1%5

Edina132.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%105

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

How far

How far Perch Lake commutes

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

40%

27%

11%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perch Lake is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perch Lake are

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

Jobs based in Perch Lake

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Perch Lake residents hold

406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+11%

Jobs based in Perch Lake, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 78. 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.