Work & commute · Bancroft

Work & commute in Bancroft, IA

Most working residents leave Bancroft for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Algona (21%), Swea City (3%) and Ames (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

34 of 270 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 236 Bancroft residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bancroft.

236live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bancroft goes to work

Algona15 mi away

21%58

Bancroft (in town)right here

13%34

Swea City7.8 mi away

3%7

Ames92.6 mi away

2%6

Burt6.5 mi away

1%4

West Bend25.7 mi away

1%4

Forest City29.3 mi away

1%4

Fort Dodge54.1 mi away

1%4

Des Moines122.8 mi away

1%4

Armstrong15.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%142

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

How far

How far Bancroft commutes

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

29%

33%

10%

28%

29%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bancroft is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bancroft are

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

Jobs based in Bancroft

360 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bancroft residents hold

270 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+64%

Jobs based in Bancroft, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 360. 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.