Work & commute · Superior

Work & commute in Superior, WI

Most working residents leave Superior for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Superior (38%), Duluth (28%) and Hermantown (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 930 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 904 Superior residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Superior.

904live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

276work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Superior goes to work

Superior8.5 mi away

38%355

Duluth, MN13.2 mi away

28%263

Superior (in town)right here

3%26

Hermantown, MN15.5 mi away

2%21

Cloquet, MN18.8 mi away

2%15

Wausau165.1 mi away

1%9

Eau Claire126.2 mi away

1%9

Milwaukee318.4 mi away

1%8

Union125.7 mi away

1%7

Poplar18.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%211

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

How far

How far Superior commutes

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

24%

54%

21%

24%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Superior is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Superior are

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

Jobs based in Superior

302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Superior residents hold

930 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+43%

Jobs based in Superior, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 302. 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.