Taconite has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Taconite has 9 jobs; 250 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Taconite itself; outside it, Grand Rapids draws the most (31%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Taconite in brief
Taconite is a place people come home to
There are 9 jobs based in Taconite, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Taconite has about 410 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Taconite works in Grand Rapids
78 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Grand Rapids, 8.9 miles away. That’s far more as work in Taconite itself. The commute map ↓
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 250 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Taconite on a workday afternoon
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Taconite on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Where Taconite goes to work
Where Taconite clocks in
31% of workers
12% 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.
Jobs in Taconite: what the 9 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taconite, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 9. 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 Taconite’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Taconite takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taconite workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 220 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.
Taconite’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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.
Around Taconite: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Coleraine (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Taconite workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taconite | – | — | — | 26 min | $84,375 |
| Coleraine | 7% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $74,716 |
| Lawrence Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Bovey | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Greenway Township | 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $66,094 |
| Trout Lake Township | under 2% | C | C− | 32 min | $71,136 |
| Arbo Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Marble | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lawrence Township, Bovey, Arbo Township and Marble: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Taconite’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 Taconite: questions
What is the median household income in Taconite?
$84,375 (±$39,790) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taconite?
3.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taconite?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taconite work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (31%, 9 mi), Hibbing (12%, 21 mi), Coleraine (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Taconite without a car?
0% 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 Taconite, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taconite
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.