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Wayzata Population Jumps During Workday While Other Cities See Dips

Minnetrista, Mound, Shorewood and Orono are net losers by day.

Wayzata's workplaces have made the community a draw for workers, according to recently released Census data.

About 85.6 percent more workers come into the city than live there, based on estimates from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey. In all, commuters increase the city’s population by 3,183 people—from a resident population of 3,717 to a population of 6,900 during the workday.

For other Lake Minnetonka cities: Orono's daytime population declines by 14.1 percent, Shorewood's by 31.7 percent, Mound's by 33.4 percent, and Minnetrista by 29.4 percent.   

Use the map above to compare how Minnesota cities fared. The map is colored according to each city’s “employment-residence ratio”—which compares the number of workers in a community to the number of workers who live there. 

Ratios greater than 1.0 mean more people work in a community than it has workers living there. A community with a ranking of 1.19, for example, would have 19 percent more workers working there. By contrast, communities with ratios less than 1.0 send more residents to other communities to work than they receive.

The colors correspond to these ratios as described above:

  • Red: .23 to .5
  • Yellow: .5 to 1
  • Blue: 1 to 1.5
  • Green: 1.5 to 5

The map includes only communities with either 2,500 workers living there or 2,500 workers who go there to work.

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