Work & commute · Waconia

Work & commute in Waconia, MN

Most working residents leave Waconia for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waconia (19%), Eden Prairie (7%) and Chanhassen (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 523 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 518 Waconia residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waconia.

518live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waconia goes to work

Waconia3 mi away

19%99

Eden Prairie18.9 mi away

7%36

Chanhassen13.6 mi away

6%33

Chaska11.9 mi away

6%30

Minneapolis29 mi away

6%29

Bloomington26 mi away

5%25

Plymouth21.6 mi away

5%25

Minnetonka19.4 mi away

4%23

Edina23.8 mi away

4%20

Laketown5.9 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%191

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

How far

How far Waconia commutes

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

26%

46%

23%

26%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waconia is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waconia are

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

Jobs based in Waconia

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Waconia residents hold

523 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+1%

Jobs based in Waconia, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 151. 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.