Photo: Bjoertvedt · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Calumet
Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers (Minnesota 18%). Hardly any stay in Calumet for work; outside it, Grand Rapids is the main destination (34%, 14 miles). The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, 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
The workday shuffle in and out of Calumet
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Calumet on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).
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 Calumet: the destinations
Where Calumet clocks in
34% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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
167 jobs are based in Calumet.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calumet, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 167. 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 Calumet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Calumet
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calumet workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where in the region Calumet works
About 31% 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.
Calumet and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Calumet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calumet | – | — | — | 27 min | $43,036 |
| Marble | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marble: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Calumet’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 Calumet: questions
What is the median household income in Calumet?
$43,036 (±$14,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calumet?
26.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calumet?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calumet work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (34%, 14 mi), Hibbing (10%, 16 mi), Duluth (8%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Calumet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calumet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calumet
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.