Work & commute · Waconia

Work & commute in Waconia, MN

Most working residents leave Waconia for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Eden Prairie (9%), Minneapolis (7%) and Chanhassen (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,311 of 6,797 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,486 Waconia residents head out of town to work, 1,311 work right here, and 4,011 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waconia.

5,486live here, work elsewhere

1,311live and work here

4,011work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waconia goes to work

Waconia (in town)right here

19%1,311

Eden Prairie16.3 mi away

9%587

Minneapolis26.9 mi away

7%509

Chanhassen11 mi away

6%406

Chaska9 mi away

5%317

Minnetonka17.4 mi away

4%277

Edina21.4 mi away

3%206

Plymouth20.3 mi away

3%203

Bloomington23.3 mi away

3%189

Shakopee16.1 mi away

3%188

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,604

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.

29%

44%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waconia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waconia are

5,322 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

5,322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Waconia residents hold

6,797 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−5%

Jobs based in Waconia, 2013 → 2023: 5,617 → 5,322. 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.