Photo: Myotus · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Chisholm trail those of 87% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 14.0% of residents, next to 9.3% for Minnesota as a whole. For jobs and income Chisholm is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). Home is the office for 5% 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
Chisholm at work: what stands out
Chisholm and Hibbing trade workers both ways
Hibbing is the top workplace for Chisholm residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Chisholm come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Chisholm 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Chisholm than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Chisholm fell from 1,495 in 2013 to 1,066 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Chisholm: the grade in detail
Unemployment holds Chisholm’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($50,891, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chisholm could be anywhere from D to B−.
27% of working residents work in Hibbing
Where Chisholm clocks in
27% of workers
10% 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 trip to work from Chisholm: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chisholm workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,785 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.
What Chisholm’s employers do
1,066 jobs are based in Chisholm.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chisholm, 2013 → 2023: 1,495 → 1,066. 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 Chisholm’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Chisholm
On a workday 1,462 residents head out to work, 370 work right here, and 696 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Chisholm on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Miles to work from Chisholm
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.
Chisholm is easy on foot, hard by bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 7.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,883 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.1% of Chisholm households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chisholm’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Chisholm is 3,044th among 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 18 | Elko New Market MN | 5,300 | $152K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,042 | Arabi LA | 4,625 | $57K | 21.7% | 9.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,043 | Long Prairie MN | 3,830 | $59K | 12.7% | 4.5% | 54% | C− |
| 3,044 | Chisholm MN | 4,625 | $51K | 14.0% | 3.9% | 20% | C− |
| 3,045 | Waverly NY | 4,191 | $54K | 7.3% | 7.7% | 17% | C− |
| 3,046 | Valdese NC | 4,712 | $51K | 12.8% | 5.8% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Chisholm, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Next door to Chisholm
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chisholm workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chisholm | – | C− | A− | 16 min | $50,891 |
| Balkan Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Balkan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chisholm’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 Chisholm: questions
What is the median household income in Chisholm?
$50,891 (±$11,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chisholm?
14.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chisholm?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chisholm work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hibbing (27%, 7 mi), Virginia (10%, 17 mi), Mountain Iron (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chisholm walkable?
Chisholm is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chisholm without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chisholm, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chisholm
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.