Work & commute · Silver Bay

Work & commute in Silver Bay, MN

About one in 3 of Silver Bay’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Duluth (8%), Two Harbors (7%) and Beaver Bay (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

186 of 628 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 442 Silver Bay residents head out of town to work, 186 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Bay.

442live here, work elsewhere

186live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silver Bay goes to work

Silver Bay (in town)right here

30%186

Duluth54 mi away

8%52

Two Harbors26.1 mi away

7%46

Beaver Bay2.9 mi away

4%26

Silver Creek15.4 mi away

4%22

Grand Marais54.1 mi away

3%21

Lutsen43.3 mi away

2%14

Crystal Bay23 mi away

2%14

Beaver Bay6.1 mi away

2%13

Grand Rapids105.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%223

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

How far

How far Silver Bay commutes

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

38%

16%

42%

38%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Bay is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Bay are

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

Jobs based in Silver Bay

423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Silver Bay residents hold

628 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−69%

Jobs based in Silver Bay, 2013 → 2023: 1,371 → 423. 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.