Work & commute · Alvord

Work & commute in Alvord, IA

Most working residents leave Alvord for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Inwood (9%), Rock Valley (9%) and Rock Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 94 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 93 Alvord residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alvord.

93live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alvord goes to work

Inwood6.9 mi away

9%8

Rock Valley9.6 mi away

9%8

Rock Rapids9.1 mi away

5%5

Doon5.6 mi away

3%3

Orange City26.6 mi away

3%3

Council Bluffs147.3 mi away

3%3

Larchwood10.3 mi away

2%2

Sanborn34.5 mi away

2%2

Sioux Center19.5 mi away

2%2

Delapre, SD28.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%56

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alvord commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

44%

27%

13%

17%

44%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alvord is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alvord are

28 jobs are based in Alvord. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alvord’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alvord

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Alvord residents hold

94 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−13%

Jobs based in Alvord, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 28. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.