Work & commute · Waukenabo

Work & commute in Waukenabo, MN

Most working residents leave Waukenabo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (22%), Aitkin (14%) and Hill City (7%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

49 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 116 Waukenabo residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waukenabo.

116live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waukenabo goes to work

Grand Rapids36 mi away

22%26

Aitkin14 mi away

14%16

Hill City18.2 mi away

7%8

Palisade6.9 mi away

4%5

McGregor17.7 mi away

3%4

Hibbing56.7 mi away

3%4

Shamrock17.2 mi away

3%3

Deer River43.2 mi away

2%2

St. Louis Park123.3 mi away

2%2

Cohasset35.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%45

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

How far

How far Waukenabo commutes

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

32%

29%

7%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waukenabo is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waukenabo are

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

Jobs based in Waukenabo

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less57%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Waukenabo residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−36%

Jobs based in Waukenabo, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 7. 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.