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Work & commute · Stony River

Work & commute in Stony River, MN

Most working residents leave Stony River for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (15%), Two Harbors (11%) and Ely (9%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
1 of 55 working residents
Typical commute
59 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
42 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 54 Stony River residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stony River.

54live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
187work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Stony River goes to work

McGregorElyTowerTwo HarborsBaudetteNew HopeSilver BayBiwabikBlaineRice LakeHoyt LakesDuluthBabbittBeaver BayFall LakeWhiteStony RiverSilver CreekCrystal BayKnife RiverDuluthTwo HarborsElySilver BayCrystal BayMcGregorTowerBaudetteNew HopeBiwabikStony River
1
Duluth68.8 mi away
15%8
2
Two Harbors45.2 mi away
11%6
3
Ely22.6 mi away
9%5
4
Silver Bay28.5 mi away
7%4
5
Crystal Bay15.4 mi away
5%3
6
McGregor111.8 mi away
2%1
7
Tower36.9 mi away
2%1
8
Baudette159.1 mi away
2%1
9
New Hope203.1 mi away
2%1
10
Biwabik39.9 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%24

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

How far

How far Stony River commutes

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

0%Under 10 mi
16%10–24 mi
31%25–50 mi
53%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Stony River is a job hub

3.42jobs per working resident
A job hub

3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stony River are

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

Jobs based in Stony River

188 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)80%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)9%
$1,250 a month or less7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month5%
Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Stony River residents hold

55 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−16%

Jobs based in Stony River, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 188. 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.

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