Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY 2.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bovey works elsewhere
There are 46 jobs in Bovey; 312 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Bovey; the top destination outside it is Grand Rapids (31%, 7 miles). Home is the office for 9% of workers (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bovey: the gist
Bovey is a place people come home to
There are 46 jobs based in Bovey, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bovey has about 540 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Bovey works in Grand Rapids
96 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Grand Rapids, 7.3 miles away. That’s 31 times as many as work in Bovey itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 312 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Bovey
On a workday 308 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Bovey on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Bovey: the destinations
Where Bovey clocks in
31% of workers
14% 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.
What Bovey’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bovey, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 46. 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 Bovey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Bovey: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bovey workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 commuters (the 9% 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.
Bovey’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
The towns around Bovey
The biggest share goes to Coleraine (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bovey workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bovey | – | — | — | 23 min | $64,083 |
| Coleraine | 4% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $74,716 |
| Taconite | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Trout Lake Township | under 2% | C | C− | 32 min | $71,136 |
Same-state neighbors only. Taconite: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bovey’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 Bovey: questions
What is the median household income in Bovey?
$64,083 (±$6,650) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bovey?
18.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bovey?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bovey work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (31%, 7 mi), Hibbing (14%, 22 mi), Greenway Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bovey without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bovey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bovey
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.