Work & commute · Virginia

Work & commute in Virginia, MN

About one in 3 of Virginia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mountain Iron (11%), Duluth (9%) and Hibbing (6%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

1,144 of 3,097 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,953 Virginia residents head out of town to work, 1,144 work right here, and 4,631 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Virginia.

1,953live here, work elsewhere

1,144live and work here

4,631work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Virginia goes to work

Virginia (in town)right here

37%1,144

Mountain Iron4.7 mi away

11%342

Duluth55 mi away

9%277

Hibbing22 mi away

6%185

Eveleth3.8 mi away

3%95

Minneapolis180.7 mi away

2%60

Fayal8.1 mi away

2%53

Biwabik8.3 mi away

1%44

Greenwood24.7 mi away

1%42

White12.5 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%815

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

How far

How far Virginia commutes

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

55%

13%

30%

55%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Virginia is a job hub

1.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Virginia are

5,775 jobs are based in Virginia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Virginia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Virginia

5,775 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Virginia residents hold

3,097 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−11%

Jobs based in Virginia, 2013 → 2023: 6,510 → 5,775. 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.