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Work & commute · Wabasha

Work & commute in Wabasha, MN

41% of Wabasha’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rochester (13%), Lake City (8%) and Winona (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
41%
439 of 1,081 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 642 Wabasha residents head out of town to work, 439 work right here, and 1,233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wabasha.

642live here, work elsewhere
439live and work here
1,233work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wabasha goes to work

KelloggPlainviewLake CityWabashaMarshallWinonaRed WingRochesterMinneapolisAlmaLa CrosseGreenfieldHighlandPepinPlainviewNelsonRochesterLake CityWinonaRed WingAlmaPlainviewMinneapolisLa CrosseMarshallWabasha
1
Wabasha (in town)right here
41%439
2
Rochester32.7 mi away
13%141
3
Lake City12.7 mi away
8%82
4
Winona29 mi away
5%52
5
Red Wing31.2 mi away
2%17
6
Alma, WI6.6 mi away
1%16
7
Plainview15.5 mi away
1%12
8
Minneapolis72.7 mi away
1%12
9
La Crosse, WI55.5 mi away
1%12
10
Marshall184.8 mi away
1%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%287

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

How far

How far Wabasha commutes

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

45%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wabasha is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wabasha are

1,672 jobs are based in Wabasha. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wabasha’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wabasha

1,672 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Wabasha residents hold

1,081 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−1%

Jobs based in Wabasha, 2013 → 2023: 1,682 → 1,672. 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.

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