Work & commute · Blencoe

Work & commute in Blencoe, IA

Most working residents leave Blencoe for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux City (15%), Onawa (11%) and Whiting (7%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

40 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 106 Blencoe residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blencoe.

106live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blencoe goes to work

Sioux City42.1 mi away

15%16

Onawa6.7 mi away

11%12

Whiting14.1 mi away

7%7

Des Moines129.8 mi away

7%7

Sloan22.2 mi away

5%5

Sergeant Bluff35.1 mi away

4%4

South Sioux City, NE40.5 mi away

4%4

Sioux Center79.3 mi away

3%3

Denison37.9 mi away

2%2

Le Mars59 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%45

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

How far

How far Blencoe commutes

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

14%

17%

37%

32%

14%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blencoe is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blencoe are

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

Jobs based in Blencoe

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Blencoe residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−44%

Jobs based in Blencoe, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 20. 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.