Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Jakes19 assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domainUnemployment in Proctor (0.7%) is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Proctor itself; outside it, Duluth draws the most (52%, 5 miles). Proctor grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Proctor
More than half of Proctor works in Duluth
706 working residents, 52%, have their main job in Duluth, 5 miles away across the town line. That’s 9 times as many as work in Proctor itself. The commute map ↓
Most Proctor residents work close to home
75% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Commutes from Proctor are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Proctor
62% of Proctor residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Proctor pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Proctor has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Proctor went from 790 in 2013 to 1,099 in 2023, +39%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Proctor: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Proctor is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #117 of 273 in Minnesota. Unemployment holds Proctor’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($67,377, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Proctor could be anywhere from B to A.
Out of Proctor to work: where people go
Where Proctor clocks in
52% 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.
How far Proctor’s workers travel
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.
How long Proctor spends getting to work: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Proctor workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,317 commuters (the 5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Proctor
1,099 jobs are based in Proctor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Proctor, 2013 → 2023: 790 → 1,099. 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 Proctor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Proctor by day
On a workday 1,268 residents head out to work, 82 work right here, and 1,017 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 (0.81 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.
In Proctor, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Proctor is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #179 of 273 in Minnesota. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Minnesota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,393 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 25% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 7.9% of Proctor households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Proctor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100, Proctor ranks 854th of 4,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 17 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 852 | Mountville PA | 2,977 | $97K | 8.7% | 3.3% | 2% | A− |
| 853 | Chatfield MN | 3,018 | $96K | 5.3% | 2.0% | 10% | A− |
| 854 | Proctor MN | 3,054 | $67K | 5.8% | 0.7% | 6% | A− |
| 855 | Dundee OR | 3,193 | $107K | 3.3% | 4.2% | 4% | A− |
| 856 | Seymour WI | 3,628 | $81K | 4.5% | 3.2% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Proctor, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
53% of Proctor works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Proctor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proctor | – | A− | B− | 15 min | $67,377 |
| Midway Township | 1% | A | C | 19 min | $103,714 |
| Duluth | 52% | C+ | A+ | 17 min | $68,807 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Duluth. Darker towns draw more of Proctor’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 Proctor: questions
What is the median household income in Proctor?
$67,377 (±$10,256) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Proctor?
5.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Proctor?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Proctor work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duluth (52%, 5 mi), Hermantown (8%, 4 mi), Superior (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Proctor walkable?
Proctor is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Proctor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 25% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Proctor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Proctor
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.