With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Wanda works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Wanda itself; outside it, Redwood Falls draws the most (28%, 17 miles). Wanda has 3 jobs for 32 working residents. The average commute takes 17 minutes each way, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wanda quiets down on a workday
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 46 people are in Wanda on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The places Wanda commutes to
Where Wanda clocks in
28% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 33% of work in Wanda
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wanda, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 3. 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 Wanda’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wanda workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 14% 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 it is to work from Wanda
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 Wanda: questions
What is the median household income in Wanda?
$82,083 (±$8,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wanda?
14.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wanda?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wanda work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Redwood Falls (28%, 17 mi), Wabasso (16%, 6 mi), Marshall (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wanda without a car?
2% 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 Wanda, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wanda
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.