Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Wrenshall works elsewhere
97 jobs are based in Wrenshall, and 201 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Wrenshall itself; outside it, Duluth draws the most (31%, 16 miles). 7% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wrenshall: the figures worth knowing
The places Wrenshall commutes to
Where Wrenshall clocks in
31% of workers
6% 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.
Who leaves Wrenshall for work, and who comes in
On a workday 199 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Wrenshall on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Wrenshall is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wrenshall, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 97. 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 Wrenshall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Wrenshall
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wrenshall workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 184 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.
How far Wrenshall’s workers travel
About 21% 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 Wrenshall compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wrenshall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrenshall | – | — | — | 25 min | $98,750 |
| Silver Brook Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Twin Lakes Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 24 min | $105,272 |
Same-state neighbors only. Silver Brook Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wrenshall’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 Wrenshall: questions
What is the median household income in Wrenshall?
$98,750 (±$6,396) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wrenshall?
7.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wrenshall?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wrenshall work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duluth (31%, 16 mi), Cloquet (19%, 9 mi), Carlton (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wrenshall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wrenshall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wrenshall
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.