Work & commute · Scanlon

Work & commute in Scanlon, MN

Most working residents leave Scanlon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cloquet (30%), Duluth (29%) and Superior (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 455 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 447 Scanlon residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scanlon.

447live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scanlon goes to work

Cloquet3.7 mi away

30%135

Duluth14.7 mi away

29%131

Superior, WI16.5 mi away

2%11

St. Paul125.7 mi away

2%10

Scanlon (in town)right here

2%8

Carlton3.5 mi away

2%8

Hermantown10.7 mi away

2%8

Minneapolis127 mi away

2%8

Thomson3.3 mi away

2%7

Moose Lake23.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%123

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

How far

How far Scanlon commutes

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

39%

36%

22%

39%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scanlon is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scanlon are

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

Jobs based in Scanlon

227 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Scanlon residents hold

455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+57%

Jobs based in Scanlon, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 227. 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.