Work & commute · Wheaton

Work & commute in Wheaton, MN

About one in 3 of Wheaton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lake Valley (6%), Morris (4%) and Darnen (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

210 of 573 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 363 Wheaton residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheaton.

363live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheaton goes to work

Wheaton (in town)right here

37%210

Lake Valley1.3 mi away

6%36

Morris32.4 mi away

4%23

Darnen32.6 mi away

3%19

Fargo, ND74.8 mi away

3%16

Sisseton, SD28.2 mi away

2%12

Wahpeton, ND32.7 mi away

2%11

Fergus Falls38.8 mi away

2%9

Willmar84.3 mi away

2%9

Elbow Lake28 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%220

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

How far

How far Wheaton commutes

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

44%

26%

25%

44%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheaton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheaton are

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

Jobs based in Wheaton

501 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wheaton residents hold

573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−23%

Jobs based in Wheaton, 2013 → 2023: 647 → 501. 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.