Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota · CC BY-SA 2.0Hamburg has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
8% of workers have no commute at all, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. There are 62 jobs in Hamburg, against 319 working residents. Hardly any work in Hamburg; the top destination outside it is Chaska (11%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hamburg, in a few figures
Hamburg is a place people come home to
There are 62 jobs based in Hamburg, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hamburg has about 290 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hamburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 319 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Hamburg, and who commutes in
On a workday 316 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Hamburg on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Hamburg takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamburg workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 292 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Hamburg ends
Where Hamburg clocks in
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
81% of the jobs in Hamburg make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamburg, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 62. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hamburg goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hamburg: questions
What is the median household income in Hamburg?
$72,188 (±$24,369) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamburg?
12.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamburg?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chaska (11%, 18 mi), Waconia (10%, 11 mi), Norwood Young America (10%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hamburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hamburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.