Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Hibbing’s household incomes are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns
Hibbing grades C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. The poverty rate is 16.2%, where Minnesota as a whole has 9.3%. Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hibbing: the gist
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Hibbing
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hibbing is better than 15% of U.S. towns, #258 of 273 in Minnesota. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hibbing’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hibbing could be anywhere from D to C+.
About 17 minutes to work from Hibbing
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hibbing workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,632 commuters (the 6% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Hibbing
On a workday 3,275 residents head out to work, 3,261 work right here, and 4,167 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 (1.14 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.
7% of working residents work in Virginia
Where Hibbing clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 30% of work in Hibbing
7,428 jobs are based in Hibbing.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hibbing, 2013 → 2023: 7,473 → 7,428. 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 Hibbing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hibbing
About 23% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Hibbing
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hibbing is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #108 of 273 in Minnesota. Both inputs place Hibbing 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 7,054 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 9.8% of Hibbing households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hibbing’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hibbing and other U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Mendota Heights MN | 11,475 | $133K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Victoria MN | 12,447 | $196K | 2.1% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,949 | Winfield KS | 11,745 | $57K | 15.4% | 7.3% | 39% | C− |
| 1,950 | Macomb City Township IL | 14,530 | $44K | 25.1% | 10.4% | 45% | C− |
| 1,951 | Hibbing MN | 15,823 | $56K | 16.2% | 6.3% | 50% | C− |
| 1,952 | Greeneville TN | 16,141 | $50K | 18.5% | 8.4% | 44% | C− |
| 1,953 | Brattleboro VT | 11,872 | $58K | 17.8% | 7.2% | 52% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Hibbing, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Hibbing and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Nashwauk Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hibbing workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hibbing | – | C− | A− | 17 min | $55,789 |
| Cherry Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Balkan Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Lone Pine Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Lavell Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Nashwauk Township | 2% | C− | B | 26 min | $60,192 |
| Keewatin | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Nashwauk | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Great Scott Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cherry Township, Balkan Township, Lone Pine Township, Lavell Township, Nashwauk and Great Scott Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Keewatin: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hibbing’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 Hibbing: questions
What is the median household income in Hibbing?
$55,789 (±$3,525) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hibbing?
16.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hibbing?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hibbing work?
50% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Virginia (7%, 22 mi), Duluth (6%, 58 mi), Chisholm (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hibbing walkable?
Hibbing is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hibbing without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hibbing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hibbing
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.