Work & commute · Silver Brook

Work & commute in Silver Brook, MN

Most working residents leave Silver Brook for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cloquet (25%), Duluth (24%) and Carlton (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 288 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 286 Silver Brook residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Brook.

286live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Silver Brook goes to work

Cloquet10.7 mi away

25%73

Duluth15.2 mi away

24%70

Carlton5 mi away

8%22

Superior, WI13.9 mi away

4%11

Minneapolis122.2 mi away

2%6

Twin Lakes6.6 mi away

2%6

Proctor10.6 mi away

2%5

Edina128.4 mi away

2%5

Midway9 mi away

2%5

Barnum17.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%81

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

How far

How far Silver Brook commutes

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

39%

19%

39%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Brook is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Brook are

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

Jobs based in Silver Brook

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Silver Brook residents hold

288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+194%

Jobs based in Silver Brook, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 53. 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.