Work & commute · Hamburg

Work & commute in Hamburg, MN

Most working residents leave Hamburg for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Chaska (11%), Waconia (10%) and Norwood Young America (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 319 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 316 Hamburg residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamburg.

316live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamburg goes to work

Chaska18 mi away

11%35

Waconia11.1 mi away

10%33

Norwood Young America3.4 mi away

10%32

Minneapolis37.4 mi away

7%22

Chanhassen20.8 mi away

5%17

Eden Prairie25.8 mi away

5%15

Shakopee23.8 mi away

4%13

St. Paul44.4 mi away

2%7

Benton6 mi away

2%7

Maple Grove36.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%132

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Hamburg commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

17%

40%

37%

17%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamburg is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamburg are

62 jobs are based in Hamburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hamburg

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Hamburg residents hold

319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−2%

Jobs based in Hamburg, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 62. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.