Photo: Edkohler (Uploads) · Public domainMost of Buhl commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in Buhl for work; outside it, Hibbing is the main destination (18%, 11 miles). Buhl has 169 jobs for 373 working residents. Home is the office for 1% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Buhl apart on work
Buhl and Hibbing trade workers both ways
Hibbing is the top workplace for Buhl residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Buhl come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Buhl workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Buhl are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
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 373 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Buhl’s residents
Where Buhl clocks in
18% of workers
12% 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.
The daily trip from Buhl: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buhl workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 532 commuters (the 1% 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.
Who commutes out of Buhl, and who commutes in
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Buhl on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Jobs in Buhl: what the 169 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buhl, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 169. 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 Buhl’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Buhl
About 24% 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.
How Buhl compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buhl workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buhl | – | — | — | 16 min | $58,750 |
| Great Scott Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Great Scott Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Buhl’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 Buhl: questions
What is the median household income in Buhl?
$58,750 (±$9,816) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buhl?
3.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buhl?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buhl work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hibbing (18%, 11 mi), Mountain Iron (14%, 8 mi), Virginia (12%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Buhl without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buhl, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buhl
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.