Work & commute · Waubun

Work & commute in Waubun, MN

Most working residents leave Waubun for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mahnomen (45%), Detroit Lakes (5%) and Minneapolis (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 148 Waubun residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waubun.

148live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waubun goes to work

Mahnomen9.1 mi away

45%69

Detroit Lakes26.4 mi away

5%7

Waubun (in town)right here

3%5

Minneapolis199.8 mi away

3%5

Fargo, ND47.3 mi away

3%5

Moorhead43.8 mi away

3%4

Crookston51.3 mi away

2%3

Ogema5.7 mi away

1%2

Bagley34.4 mi away

1%2

Golden Valley195.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%49

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

How far

How far Waubun commutes

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

53%

12%

29%

53%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waubun is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waubun are

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

Jobs based in Waubun

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Waubun residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+72%

Jobs based in Waubun, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 93. 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.