Work & commute · Badger

Work & commute in Badger, IA

Most working residents leave Badger for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Dodge (34%), Webster City (6%) and Ames (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 262 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 261 Badger residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Badger.

261live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Badger goes to work

Fort Dodge7.4 mi away

34%89

Webster City19.6 mi away

6%17

Ames48.6 mi away

4%11

Humboldt8.6 mi away

3%9

West Des Moines75.9 mi away

3%7

Storm Lake53.5 mi away

2%5

Urbandale70.1 mi away

2%5

Duncombe12.5 mi away

2%4

Eagle Grove12.8 mi away

2%4

Mason City60.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%107

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

How far

How far Badger commutes

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

47%

22%

10%

21%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Badger is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Badger are

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

Jobs based in Badger

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Badger residents hold

262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−14%

Jobs based in Badger, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 67. 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.