Work & commute · Wanamingo

Work & commute in Wanamingo, MN

Most working residents leave Wanamingo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (9%), Kenyon (8%) and Faribault (8%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 191 Wanamingo residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wanamingo.

191live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wanamingo goes to work

Rochester28.4 mi away

9%17

Kenyon7.5 mi away

8%16

Faribault21.1 mi away

8%16

Northfield18.1 mi away

7%14

Zumbrota9.2 mi away

6%11

Owatonna24.8 mi away

5%9

Cannon Falls13.4 mi away

3%5

Goodhue12.4 mi away

2%4

Wanamingo3.6 mi away

2%4

St. Paul44.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%92

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

How far

How far Wanamingo commutes

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

20%

34%

33%

14%

20%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wanamingo is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wanamingo are

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

Jobs based in Wanamingo

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Wanamingo residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−37%

Jobs based in Wanamingo, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 54. 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.