Work & commute · Hawthorne

Work & commute in Hawthorne, WI

Most working residents leave Hawthorne for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Superior (32%), Duluth (17%) and Ashland (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 441 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 434 Hawthorne residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawthorne.

434live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawthorne goes to work

Superior17.3 mi away

32%139

Duluth, MN23.2 mi away

17%77

Ashland45.9 mi away

3%14

Poplar5.5 mi away

3%13

Amnicon5.3 mi away

2%11

Hermantown, MN28.2 mi away

2%10

Lake Nebagamon6.1 mi away

2%9

Hawthorne (in town)right here

2%7

Proctor, MN24.6 mi away

1%6

Milwaukee304.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%149

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

How far

How far Hawthorne commutes

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

12%

53%

12%

23%

12%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawthorne is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawthorne are

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

Jobs based in Hawthorne

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Hawthorne residents hold

441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−45%

Jobs based in Hawthorne, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 86. 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.