Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY 2.0Unemployment in Cohasset (8.6%) is higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income C+: better than 38% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #223 of 273 in Minnesota.
Walkability D: more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns · #270 of 273 in Minnesota.
Household incomes here are higher than in 71% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26). Only 8% work in Cohasset; the top destination outside it is Grand Rapids (45%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Cohasset, in brief
Cohasset trades workers with the towns around it
Cohasset has about as many jobs (1,018) as working residents (1,159), but they are mostly different people: 1,067 residents leave for work each day while 926 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Cohasset are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly half of Cohasset works in Grand Rapids
516 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Grand Rapids, 6.1 miles away across the town line. That’s 6 times as many as work in Cohasset itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Cohasset’s working residents have a job less than 6 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Minnesota average of 23. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Cohasset pay better than its residents’ jobs
78% of the jobs based in Cohasset pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 57% of the jobs Cohasset residents hold. 91% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Cohasset. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Cohasset are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
What’s behind Cohasset’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cohasset is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #223 of 273 in Minnesota. The poverty rate holds Cohasset’s grade up (6.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (8.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cohasset could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 1,067 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 926 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 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.
45% of working residents work in Grand Rapids
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Cohasset clocks in
45% of workers
6% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cohasset workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 977 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
78% of the jobs in Cohasset pay over $3,333 a month
1,018 jobs are based in Cohasset. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cohasset’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cohasset, 2013 → 2023: 758 → 1,018. 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.
Half of Cohasset commutes less than 6 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 30% 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.
Most trips from Cohasset start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cohasset is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #270 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,168 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Cohasset households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cohasset’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cohasset is 2,946th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cohasset, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Empire MN | 3,063 | $148K | 1.9% | 0.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | May Township MN | 2,638 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | Rush Township PA | 3,556 | $76K | 6.4% | 6.7% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,945 | Rising Sun IN | 2,222 | $59K | 11.6% | 2.2% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,946 | Cohasset MN | 2,728 | $93K | 6.4% | 8.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,947 | Woodlynne NJ | 2,942 | $75K | 19.4% | 11.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,948 | Richmond Township PA | 2,142 | $72K | 7.3% | 1.8% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
45% of Cohasset works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Grand Rapids (45%). Darker towns draw more of Cohasset’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cohasset workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohasset | – | C+ | D | 28 min | $92,692 |
| Grand Rapids | 45% | C− | A | 15 min | $61,029 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Cohasset: questions
What is the median household income in Cohasset?
$92,692 (±$14,031) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cohasset?
6.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cohasset?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cohasset work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (45%, 6 mi), Duluth (6%, 79 mi), Deer River (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cohasset walkable?
Cohasset is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cohasset without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cohasset, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cohasset
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.