Work & commute · Vasa

Work & commute in Vasa, MN

Most working residents leave Vasa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Red Wing (21%), Rochester (12%) and Cannon Falls (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 420 Vasa residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vasa.

420live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

159work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vasa goes to work

Red Wing7.9 mi away

21%90

Rochester36.3 mi away

12%50

Cannon Falls8 mi away

5%23

Goodhue9 mi away

5%21

St. Paul35.6 mi away

4%17

Minneapolis41.1 mi away

3%14

Eagan30.1 mi away

2%10

Goodhue8.4 mi away

2%10

Lake City22.5 mi away

2%7

Hastings16.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%178

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

How far

How far Vasa commutes

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

24%

26%

41%

24%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vasa is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vasa are

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

Jobs based in Vasa

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less73%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Vasa residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+95%

Jobs based in Vasa, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 166. 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.