Work & commute · Blockton

Work & commute in Blockton, IA

Most working residents leave Blockton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bedford (30%), Clarinda (9%) and Maryville (7%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 54 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 54 Blockton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blockton.

54live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blockton goes to work

Bedford13.5 mi away

30%16

Clarinda30.3 mi away

9%5

Maryville, MO28 mi away

7%4

Lenox18.9 mi away

6%3

Pella97.9 mi away

6%3

Diagonal15.2 mi away

4%2

Griswold54.9 mi away

2%1

Corning29.3 mi away

2%1

Shenandoah47.9 mi away

2%1

Adel72.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%17

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

How far

How far Blockton commutes

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

43%

25%

28%

4%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blockton is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blockton are

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

Jobs based in Blockton

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Blockton residents hold

54 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+50%

Jobs based in Blockton, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 6. 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.