Work & commute · Wahkon

Work & commute in Wahkon, MN

Most working residents leave Wahkon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Isle (18%), Kathio (15%) and Milaca (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 78 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 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 77 Wahkon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wahkon.

77live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wahkon goes to work

Isle3.5 mi away

18%14

Kathio10.5 mi away

15%12

Milaca25.8 mi away

5%4

Aitkin29.4 mi away

4%3

East Side5.9 mi away

4%3

Mora20.2 mi away

3%2

Corcoran70.1 mi away

3%2

Eden Prairie87.8 mi away

3%2

Page20.3 mi away

3%2

Pease29.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%33

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

How far

How far Wahkon commutes

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

26%

23%

17%

35%

26%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wahkon is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wahkon are

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

Jobs based in Wahkon

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Wahkon residents hold

78 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−23%

Jobs based in Wahkon, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 31. 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.