Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Wahkon commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 50 minutes each way; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. Employers in Wahkon report 31 jobs, and 78 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Wahkon for work; outside it, Isle is the main destination (18%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Wahkon on a workday
On a workday 77 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Wahkon on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where Wahkon’s working residents head each day
Where Wahkon clocks in
18% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Wahkon are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wahkon, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 31. 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 Wahkon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Wahkon: about 50 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wahkon workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 17% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Wahkon
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.
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 Wahkon: questions
What is the median household income in Wahkon?
$51,750 (±$10,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wahkon?
11.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wahkon?
50 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wahkon work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Isle (18%, 4 mi), Kathio Township (15%, 10 mi), Milaca (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wahkon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wahkon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wahkon
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.