Work & commute · Waukon

Work & commute in Waukon, MN

Most working residents leave Waukon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Twin Valley (13%), Mahnomen (11%) and Fargo (11%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 44 Waukon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waukon.

44live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waukon goes to work

Twin Valley9.7 mi away

13%6

Mahnomen8.5 mi away

11%5

Fargo, ND47.9 mi away

11%5

Ada18.7 mi away

9%4

Detroit Lakes41 mi away

7%3

Medina202.4 mi away

7%3

Gary6.3 mi away

4%2

McDonaldsville18.1 mi away

4%2

Borup21.9 mi away

2%1

Winger13.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%13

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

How far

How far Waukon commutes

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

27%

36%

20%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waukon is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waukon are

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

Jobs based in Waukon

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Waukon residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+52%

Jobs based in Waukon, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 32. 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.