For more than half of its working residents, Hermantown is a commute to Duluth
Jobs and income earn Hermantown A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in seven stay in Hermantown for work; outside it, Duluth is the main destination (54%, 6 miles). 11% of workers have no commute at all; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hermantown, in a few figures
More than half of Hermantown works in Duluth
2,277 working residents, 54%, have their main job in Duluth, 5.7 miles away across the town line. That’s 4 times as many as work in Hermantown itself. The commute map ↓
Hermantown trades workers with the towns around it
Hermantown has about as many jobs (4,579) as working residents (4,250), but they are mostly different people: 3,698 residents leave for work each day while 4,027 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Hermantown are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Hermantown residents work close to home
73% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Commutes from Hermantown are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Hermantown are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Hermantown’s own working residents. 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.
Hermantown’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hermantown is better than 84% of U.S. towns, #107 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hermantown could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Out of Hermantown to work: where people go
Where Hermantown clocks in
54% of workers
5% 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.
Who works in Hermantown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 3,698 residents head out to work, 552 work right here, and 4,027 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 (1.08 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.
Half of Hermantown commutes less than 6 miles
About 17% 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.
The trip to work from Hermantown: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hermantown workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,478 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.
What Hermantown’s employers do
4,579 jobs are based in Hermantown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hermantown, 2013 → 2023: 4,101 → 4,579. 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 Hermantown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Hermantown commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hermantown is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns, #197 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Hermantown near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,031 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 8% 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 8.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% 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). 3.6% of Hermantown households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hermantown’s commuters take a bus or train.
661st of 2,878: where Hermantown ranks among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Albertville MN | 8,544 | $133K | 1.1% | 0.2% | 5% | A+ |
| 12 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 659 | Harvard MA | 7,014 | $214K | 4.5% | 5.5% | 8% | A− |
| 660 | Lighthouse Point FL | 10,756 | $92K | 6.8% | 3.3% | 6% | A− |
| 661 | Hermantown MN | 10,110 | $91K | 5.4% | 2.1% | 13% | A− |
| 662 | Beachwood OH | 13,673 | $107K | 3.8% | 5.4% | 10% | A− |
| 663 | Clayton OH | 13,397 | $93K | 7.0% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Hermantown, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Hermantown and its neighbors: 55% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hermantown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermantown | – | A− | C+ | 18 min | $90,849 |
| Duluth | 54% | C+ | A+ | 17 min | $68,807 |
| Solway Township | under 1% | A | D | 25 min | $101,458 |
| Canosia Township | 1% | B− | C+ | 22 min | $87,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Duluth. Darker towns draw more of Hermantown’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 Hermantown: questions
What is the median household income in Hermantown?
$90,849 (±$10,194) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hermantown?
5.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hermantown?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hermantown work?
13% work in town.
Is Hermantown walkable?
Hermantown is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hermantown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hermantown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hermantown
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.