With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lavell Township works elsewhere
13 jobs are based in Lavell Township, and 113 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Lavell Township itself; outside it, Duluth draws the most (17%, 45 miles). Home is the office for 8% of workers, 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
A workday in Lavell Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 112 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Lavell Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The places Lavell Township commutes to
Where Lavell Township clocks in
17% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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 92% of work in Lavell Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lavell Township, 2013 → 2023: 524 → 13. 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 Lavell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes to work from Lavell Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lavell Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Lavell Township commutes less than 37 miles
About 25% 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.
14% of Lavell Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lavell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavell Township | – | — | — | 35 min | $78,333 |
| McDavitt Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Toivola Township | under 3% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Hibbing | 14% | C− | A− | 17 min | $55,789 |
| Cherry Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McDavitt Township, Toivola Township and Cherry Township: 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 Lavell 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 Lavell Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lavell Township?
$78,333 (±$31,542) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lavell Township?
14.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lavell Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lavell Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duluth (17%, 45 mi), Hibbing (14%, 13 mi), Virginia (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lavell Township without a car?
1% 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 Lavell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lavell 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.