Work & commute · Wrenshall

Work & commute in Wrenshall, MN

Most working residents leave Wrenshall for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (31%), Cloquet (19%) and Carlton (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 201 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 199 Wrenshall residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wrenshall.

199live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wrenshall goes to work

Duluth15.9 mi away

31%63

Cloquet9.1 mi away

19%38

Carlton3.2 mi away

6%13

Moose Lake21.5 mi away

4%9

Minneapolis122.2 mi away

4%8

Superior, WI15.2 mi away

3%7

Hermantown13.9 mi away

2%5

Edina128.5 mi away

1%3

Minnetonka127.7 mi away

1%3

Thomson6.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%49

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

How far

How far Wrenshall commutes

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

31%

46%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wrenshall is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wrenshall are

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

Jobs based in Wrenshall

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Wrenshall residents hold

201 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+11%

Jobs based in Wrenshall, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 97. 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.