Work & commute · Superior

Work & commute in Superior, WI

41% of Superior’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Duluth (28%), Hermantown (2%) and Cloquet (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

4,899 of 12,050 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 7,151 Superior residents head out of town to work, 4,899 work right here, and 8,574 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Superior.

7,151live here, work elsewhere

4,899live and work here

8,574work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Superior goes to work

Superior (in town)right here

41%4,899

Duluth, MN6.2 mi away

28%3,375

Hermantown, MN10.9 mi away

2%244

Cloquet, MN20 mi away

2%183

Superior8.5 mi away

1%103

Ashland57.9 mi away

1%102

Madison280.8 mi away

1%94

Eau Claire132.6 mi away

1%82

Marshfield167.8 mi away

1%76

Proctor, MN7.7 mi away

1%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%2,827

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.

72%

22%

72%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Superior is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Superior are

13,473 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

13,473 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Superior residents hold

12,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+5%

Jobs based in Superior, 2013 → 2023: 12,773 → 13,473. 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.