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Jobs & commute in Culver Township

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Culver Township works elsewhere

Hardly any stay in Culver Township for work; outside it, Duluth is the main destination (24%, 24 miles). There are 23 jobs in Culver Township for 128 working residents. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Culver Township quiets down on a workday

On a workday 127 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.

127live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night310
Workday200
310live here− 130head out to work+ 22come in to work= 200on a workday

About 200 people are in Culver Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Culver Township commutes to

Floodwood: 9 residents work here (7%)Moose Lake: 3 residents work here (2%)CarltonChisholm: 2 residents work here (2%)Grand Rapids: 2 residents work here (2%)St. CloudHermantown: 6 residents work here (5%)Cloquet: 16 residents work here (13%)Duluth: 31 residents work here (24%)Hibbing: 7 residents work here (5%)Moose Lake TownshipNess Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Industrial TownshipVan Buren TownshipFloodwood TownshipStoney Brook TownshipThomson Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Culver TownshipArrowhead TownshipBrevator TownshipAlborn TownshipDuluthCloquetFloodwoodHibbingHermantownMoose LakeCulver Township
1
Duluth23.9 mi away
24%31
2
Cloquet13.6 mi away
13%16
3
Floodwood15.2 mi away
7%9
4
Hibbing37.3 mi away
5%7
5
Hermantown18.2 mi away
5%6
6
Moose Lake32.7 mi away
2%3
7
Ness Township9.2 mi away
2%3
8
Thomson Township17.7 mi away
2%3
9
Chisholm42 mi away
2%2
10
Grand Rapids49.4 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%46
The top trips

Where Culver Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

52% of the jobs in Culver Township make or build things

Jobs based in Culver TownshipJobs Culver Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms52%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices48%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less39%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%27%
Over $3,333 a month22%55%

Who does it

29 or younger35%23%
30 to 5439%52%
55 and older26%26%
−63%

Jobs based in Culver Township, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 23. 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 Culver Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

A commute of about 38 minutes in Culver Township

A year of commuting
293 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Culver Township38 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of Culver Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Culver Township gets to work
92%Drive alone
8%Carpool

Share of the 111 commuters (the 3% 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.

How far

How many miles Culver Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miDuluth: 24% · 23.9 miCloquet: 13% · 13.6 miFloodwood: 7% · 15.2 miHibbing: 5% · 37.3 miHermantown: 5% · 18.2 miMoose Lake: 2% · 32.7 miNess Township: 2% · 9.2 miThomson Township: 2% · 17.7 miChisholm: 2% · 42 miGrand Rapids: 2% · 49.4 miDuluth 24%Cloquet 13%Floodwood 7%Hibbing 5%Hermantown 5%Culver Township
Culver TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi8 residents
52%10–24 mi67 residents
27%25–50 mi34 residents
15%Over 50 mi19 residents

About 15% 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.

Next door

Culver Township and the towns next door

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Industrial Township33 min
Alborn Township33 min
Culver Township38 min
Stoney Brook Township38 min
Arrowhead Township40 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownCulver Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Culver Township–——38 min$71,750
Industrial Townshipunder 2%——33 min—
Arrowhead Townshipunder 2%——40 min—
Alborn Townshipunder 2%——33 min—
Stoney Brook Townshipunder 2%——38 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Industrial Township, Arrowhead Township, Alborn Township and Stoney Brook Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Culver Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Culver Township: questions

What is the median household income in Culver Township?

$71,750 (±$26,377) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Culver Township?

14.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Culver Township?

38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Culver Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duluth (24%, 24 mi), Cloquet (13%, 14 mi), Floodwood (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Culver Township 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 Culver Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Culver Township

Culver Township home →

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.