Work & commute · Wabana

Work & commute in Wabana, MN

Most working residents leave Wabana for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (35%), Hibbing (6%) and Cohasset (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 252 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 251 Wabana residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wabana.

251live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wabana goes to work

Grand Rapids12.1 mi away

35%87

Hibbing26.7 mi away

6%15

Cohasset13.7 mi away

4%9

Bemidji64 mi away

3%7

Virginia47.3 mi away

3%7

Coleraine11.1 mi away

2%6

Brainerd79.9 mi away

2%4

St. Paul171.4 mi away

2%4

Balsam7.2 mi away

2%4

Nashwauk14.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%105

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

How far

How far Wabana commutes

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

10%

42%

12%

37%

10%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wabana is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wabana are

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

Jobs based in Wabana

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Wabana residents hold

252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−23%

Jobs based in Wabana, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 10. 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.