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Work & commute · Iron River

Work & commute in Iron River, WI

Most working residents leave Iron River for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Superior (12%), Duluth (9%) and Ashland (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
16%
79 of 507 working residents
Typical commute
34 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 428 Iron River residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iron River.

428live here, work elsewhere
79live and work here
318work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Iron River goes to work

DuluthHaywardWashburnPoplarAshlandLake NebagamonSuperiorBarnesMaplePort WingOuluPilsenTrippDeltaEileenHaywardHughesIron RiverKeystoneSuperiorDuluthAshlandWashburnHughesEileenPoplarHaywardHaywardIron River
1
Iron River (in town)right here
16%79
2
Superior35.5 mi away
12%59
3
Duluth, MN39.8 mi away
9%45
4
Ashland23.5 mi away
8%42
5
Washburn23.8 mi away
3%17
6
Hughes6.1 mi away
3%13
7
Eileen17.5 mi away
2%11
8
Poplar20 mi away
2%10
9
Hayward38.4 mi away
2%10
10
Hayward37.7 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%212

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

How far

How far Iron River commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
17%10–24 mi
38%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Iron River is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Iron River are

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

Jobs based in Iron River

397 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Iron River residents hold

507 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−5%

Jobs based in Iron River, 2013 → 2023: 417 → 397. 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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