Work & commute · Tofte

Work & commute in Tofte, MN

Most working residents leave Tofte for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Marais (36%), Lutsen (21%) and Duluth (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

13 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 101 Tofte residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tofte.

101live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tofte goes to work

Grand Marais23.1 mi away

36%41

Lutsen6.5 mi away

21%24

Tofte (in town)right here

11%13

Duluth91.6 mi away

4%4

Edina232.2 mi away

2%2

Schroeder7.6 mi away

2%2

Carbondale, CO999.8 mi away

1%1

Lauderdale222.2 mi away

1%1

Long Prairie226.7 mi away

1%1

Tower66.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%24

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

How far

How far Tofte commutes

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

34%

19%

25%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tofte is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tofte are

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

Jobs based in Tofte

196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Tofte residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−43%

Jobs based in Tofte, 2013 → 2023: 342 → 196. 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.