Keewatin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Keewatin report 35 jobs, and 444 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Keewatin itself; outside it, Hibbing draws the most (25%, 6 miles). For 7% 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
Jobs and commuting in Keewatin: the gist
Keewatin is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Keewatin, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Keewatin has about 560 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Keewatin works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Keewatin: Hibbing (25%) and Nashwauk Township (12%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Keewatin than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Keewatin fell from 531 in 2013 to 35 in 2023, −93%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 444 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Keewatin
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Keewatin on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Goods, not services: 66% of the jobs in Keewatin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Keewatin, 2013 → 2023: 531 → 35. 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 Keewatin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Keewatin goes to work
Where Keewatin clocks in
25% of workers
11% 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.
The trip to work from Keewatin: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Keewatin workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 479 commuters (the 7% 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.
Keewatin’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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.
Keewatin and its neighbors: 37% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Keewatin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keewatin | – | — | — | 20 min | $53,643 |
| Nashwauk Township | 12% | C− | B | 26 min | $60,192 |
| Nashwauk | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hibbing | 25% | C− | A− | 17 min | $55,789 |
Same-state neighbors only. Nashwauk: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hibbing. Darker towns draw more of Keewatin’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 Keewatin: questions
What is the median household income in Keewatin?
$53,643 (±$11,310) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Keewatin?
19.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Keewatin?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Keewatin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hibbing (25%, 6 mi), Nashwauk Township (12%, 6 mi), Grand Rapids (11%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Keewatin without a car?
2% 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 Keewatin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Keewatin
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.