Work & commute · Waverly

Work & commute in Waverly, MN

Most working residents leave Waverly for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (20%), Truman (9%) and Madelia (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79 Waverly residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waverly.

79live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waverly goes to work

Fairmont12.5 mi away

20%16

Truman6.4 mi away

9%7

Madelia17.9 mi away

6%5

Trimont8.4 mi away

5%4

Blue Earth25.9 mi away

5%4

Jackson24.8 mi away

5%4

St. James12.3 mi away

4%3

Mankato38.4 mi away

3%2

Manyaska13.6 mi away

3%2

Rosendale11.6 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%31

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

How far

How far Waverly commutes

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

28%

39%

15%

18%

28%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waverly is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waverly are

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

Jobs based in Waverly

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Waverly residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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.