Photo: MNTRT2009 · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Floodwood
Commuters spend 40 minutes getting to work on average; the Minnesota average is 23, the U.S. 26. Only 6% work in Floodwood; the top destination outside it is Duluth (23%, 39 miles). 11% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Floodwood by day
On a workday 150 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 141 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 (0.94 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Floodwood to work: where people go
Where Floodwood clocks in
23% 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.
What the 151 jobs in Floodwood are
151 jobs are based in Floodwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Floodwood, 2014 → 2024: 218 → 151. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Floodwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Floodwood, about 40 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Floodwood workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 188 commuters (the 11% 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.
Floodwood’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Floodwood and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Floodwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floodwood | – | — | — | 40 min | $36,563 |
| Floodwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Floodwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Floodwood’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 2024, 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 Floodwood: questions
What is the median household income in Floodwood?
$36,563 (±$8,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Floodwood?
24.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Floodwood?
40 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Floodwood work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duluth (23%, 39 mi), Cloquet (12%, 24 mi), Hermantown (6%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Floodwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Floodwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Floodwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.