How Arrowhead Township works: jobs, income and commuting
Home is the office for 5% of workers (Minnesota 18%). Only 4% work in Arrowhead Township; the top destination outside it is Duluth (16%, 30 miles). The average commute takes 40 minutes each way, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Arrowhead Township by day and by night
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Arrowhead Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Arrowhead Township ends
Where Arrowhead Township clocks in
16% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
67 jobs are based in Arrowhead Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arrowhead Township, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 67. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arrowhead Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 40 minutes in Arrowhead Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arrowhead Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Arrowhead Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Arrowhead Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arrowhead Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Township | – | — | — | 40 min | $80,417 |
| Culver Township | under 4% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Stoney Brook Township | under 4% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Fine Lakes Township | under 4% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Floodwood Township | under 4% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Ness Township | under 4% | — | — | 55 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Culver Township, Stoney Brook Township, Fine Lakes Township, Floodwood Township and Ness Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Arrowhead Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Arrowhead Township: questions
What is the median household income in Arrowhead Township?
$80,417 (±$27,556) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arrowhead Township?
35.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arrowhead Township?
40 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arrowhead Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duluth (16%, 30 mi), Cloquet (11%, 15 mi), Floodwood (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arrowhead Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arrowhead Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arrowhead Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.