Work & commute · Solway

Work & commute in Solway, MN

Most working residents leave Solway for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (48%), Cloquet (12%) and Hermantown (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 862 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 856 Solway residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solway.

856live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solway goes to work

Duluth11.3 mi away

48%410

Cloquet8.5 mi away

12%103

Hermantown5.6 mi away

8%66

Superior, WI15.7 mi away

4%33

Proctor8 mi away

2%14

Brevator6.6 mi away

1%11

Minneapolis134.5 mi away

1%10

Carlton10.8 mi away

1%9

Canosia7.7 mi away

1%9

Grand Lake8.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%188

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

How far

How far Solway commutes

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

31%

53%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solway is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Solway are

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

Jobs based in Solway

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Solway residents hold

862 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+58%

Jobs based in Solway, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 63. 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.