Most of Fine Lakes Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
33% of workers have no commute at all; Minnesota has 18%. Fine Lakes Township has 2 jobs, against 67 working residents. Hardly any work in Fine Lakes Township itself; outside it, Duluth draws the most (18%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Fine Lakes Township
On a workday 67 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 47 people are in Fine Lakes Township on a workday afternoon, 58% 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.
Where Fine Lakes Township’s working residents head each day
Where Fine Lakes Township clocks in
18% 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.
Fine Lakes Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fine Lakes Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 2. 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 Fine Lakes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Fine Lakes Township takes about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fine Lakes Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 commuters (the 33% 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 many miles Fine Lakes Township commutes
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.
The towns around Fine Lakes Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fine Lakes Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Lakes Township | – | — | — | 39 min | $79,688 |
| Floodwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Arrowhead Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Prairie Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Floodwood Township, Arrowhead Township and Prairie Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fine Lakes Township’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 Fine Lakes Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fine Lakes Township?
$79,688 (±$50,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fine Lakes Township?
8.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fine Lakes Township?
39 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fine Lakes Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duluth (18%, 34 mi), Hermantown (15%, 28 mi), Cloquet (12%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fine Lakes Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fine Lakes Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fine Lakes Township
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.