Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Quamba

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded–Not graded
Jobs & commute in Quamba

Most of Quamba commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident

Quamba has 1 jobs for 52 working residents. Hardly any stay in Quamba for work; outside it, Mora is the main destination (23%, 6 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Minnesota.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Quamba for work, and who comes in

On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

52live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday56
110live here− 52head out to work+ 1come in to work= 56on a workday

About 56 people are in Quamba on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.02jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Quamba’s residents

QuambaOnamia: 1 residents work here (2%)Isle: 2 residents work here (4%)Moose Lake: 1 residents work here (2%)Hinckley: 3 residents work here (6%)Rush City: 1 residents work here (2%)Mora: 12 residents work here (23%)Sandstone: 2 residents work here (4%)Little Falls: 2 residents work here (4%)St. Cloud: 3 residents work here (6%)Blaine: 2 residents work here (4%)Hay Brook TownshipMoraHinckleySt. CloudIsleSandstoneLittle FallsQuamba
1
Mora6.1 mi away
23%12
2
Hinckley14.3 mi away
6%3
3
St. Cloud55 mi away
6%3
4
Isle20.3 mi away
4%2
5
Sandstone21 mi away
4%2
6
Little Falls56.9 mi away
4%2
7
Blaine51.5 mi away
4%2
8
Onamia25.9 mi away
2%1
9
Moose Lake42 mi away
2%1
10
Rush City18.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%23
The top trips

Where Quamba clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

In Quamba, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in QuambaJobs Quamba residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%25%
Trade, transport & utilities0%15%
Services: health, schools, offices100%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%21%
Over $3,333 a month0%63%

Who does it

29 or younger0%31%
30 to 54100%50%
55 and older0%19%

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 Quamba’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Quamba: about 34 minutes

A year of commuting
258 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Quamba34 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Quamba workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Quamba gets to work
91%Drive alone
9%Carpool

Share of the 35 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Half of Quamba commutes less than 24 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miMora: 23% · 6.1 miHinckley: 6% · 14.3 miSt. Cloud: 6% · 55 miIsle: 4% · 20.3 miSandstone: 4% · 21 miLittle Falls: 4% · 56.9 miBlaine: 4% · 51.5 miOnamia: 2% · 25.9 miMoose Lake: 2% · 42 miRush City: 2% · 18.7 miMora 23%Hinckley 6%St. Cloud 6%Isle 4%Sandstone 4%Quamba
QuambaTop destinations (size = commuters)
27%Under 10 mi14 residents
23%10–24 mi12 residents
15%25–50 mi8 residents
35%Over 50 mi18 residents

About 35% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Quamba: questions

What is the median household income in Quamba?

$50,000 (±$6,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Quamba?

3.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Quamba?

34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Quamba work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mora (23%, 6 mi), Hinckley (6%, 14 mi), St. Cloud (6%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Quamba 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 Quamba, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Quamba

Quamba home →

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.