Work & commute · Belmond

Work & commute in Belmond, IA

About one in 4 of Belmond’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Clarion (12%), Garner (4%) and Iowa Falls (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

239 of 877 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 638 Belmond residents head out of town to work, 239 work right here, and 746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belmond.

638live here, work elsewhere

239live and work here

746work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belmond goes to work

Belmond (in town)right here

27%239

Clarion10 mi away

12%105

Garner17.5 mi away

4%38

Iowa Falls28.5 mi away

2%21

Webster City28.6 mi away

2%21

Fort Dodge37 mi away

2%18

Eagle Grove19.4 mi away

2%16

Ames56.7 mi away

2%14

Des Moines88 mi away

1%13

Forest City28.4 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%383

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

How far

How far Belmond commutes

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

33%

29%

14%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belmond is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belmond are

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

Jobs based in Belmond

985 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Belmond residents hold

877 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−22%

Jobs based in Belmond, 2013 → 2023: 1,263 → 985. 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.