Community Profile

Welcome to Waseca, Minnesota. Discover Waseca and experience a city full of opportunity and fun. We invite you to enjoy our beautiful lakes, parks, tree-lined boulevards and picturesque homes. Stop and shop our antique, craft, and charming specialty shops. Love History? Tour our historical museum, Farmamerica, arts center and so much more. Looking for recreation? Try our outdoor water park, hiking and biking trails, campgrounds, golf, dining and coffee houses. The attraction to our community is the small town family atmosphere, the contentment among its residents, the refreshing business climate and the progressive attitude. Visitors fall in love with Waseca’s beauty, history and small town charm.

Waseca County has the fifth highest manufacturing employment per capita in Minnesota. Waseca offers a safe living and working environment, quick commuting, easy access to businesses, shopping and community facilities and a productive flexible workforce. Wasecan’s display a strong community spirit and commitment to high quality education, sports and recreational programs.  

Location

County: Waseca
Region: South Central
Distance from Minneapolis: 75
Distance from nearest MSA*: 58 Miles from Rochester MSA

US Congressional District: 1
MN Legislative District(s): 26A

Population

Area 2005 Estimate
Community: 9,737
County: 19,551
Source: U.S. Census, State Demographer * Metropolitan Statistical Area

Major Employers

Brown Printing	Books Printing
Itron, Inc	Semiconductor & Related Device Mfg.
Waseca Public Schools	Schools Elementary & Secondary Schools
Federal Correctional Institution-	Waseca Correctional Institutions
Waseca Medical Center - Mayo Health System	General Medical & Surgical Hospitals
Emerson Network Power Connectivity Solutions	Business to Business Electronic Markets
Mediacom	Cable & Other Subscription Programming
Waseca County	Executive & Legislative Offices, Combined
ELM Homes, Inc.	Other Residential Care Facilities
Winegar Inc.	Precision Turned Prod. Mfg.
Birds Eye Foods	Specialty Canning
Data Radio COR Limited	Comm. Equip. Mfg.
Wal-Mart Supercenter	Warehouse Clubs & Supercenters
Corchran, Inc.	Sheet Metal Work Mfg

Workforce-Waseca County

Total Employment	10,169
Available Workforce	10,603
Unemployment Rate	4.1%
Source: DEED - Labor Market Information: LAUS Annual Average 2006

Employment By Industry

Natural Resources and Mining	173
Construction	225
Manufacturing	2,399
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	1,054
Information	234
Financial Activities	247
Professional and Business Services	463
Education and Health Services	1,406
Leisure and Hospitality	413
Other Services	174
Government	1,444
Source: DEED - Labor Market Information: CEW Annual Data 2006