Work & commute · Proctor

Work & commute in Proctor, MN

Most working residents leave Proctor for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (52%), Hermantown (8%) and Superior (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 1,350 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,268 Proctor residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 1,017 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Proctor.

1,268live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

1,017work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Proctor goes to work

Duluth5 mi away

52%706

Hermantown4.3 mi away

8%112

Superior, WI7.7 mi away

7%88

Proctor (in town)right here

6%82

Cloquet13 mi away

3%41

Minneapolis132.6 mi away

1%16

Midway2.2 mi away

1%15

Carlton11.2 mi away

1%14

Minnetonka138.3 mi away

1%13

Canosia10.4 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%252

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

How far

How far Proctor commutes

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

75%

17%

75%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Proctor is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Proctor are

1,099 jobs are based in Proctor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Proctor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Proctor

1,099 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Proctor residents hold

1,350 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+39%

Jobs based in Proctor, 2013 → 2023: 790 → 1,099. 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.