Work & commute · Boyden

Work & commute in Boyden, IA

Most working residents leave Boyden for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Orange City (13%), Sioux Center (13%) and Sheldon (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 308 Boyden residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 461 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boyden.

308live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

461work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boyden goes to work

Orange City13.2 mi away

13%43

Sioux Center11.5 mi away

13%43

Sheldon8.1 mi away

11%36

Hull6.6 mi away

6%18

Boyden (in town)right here

5%15

Rock Valley14.4 mi away

4%13

Sioux City51.8 mi away

4%12

Sanborn17.5 mi away

2%6

Hospers9.5 mi away

2%5

Alton13.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%128

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

How far

How far Boyden commutes

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

32%

42%

10%

16%

32%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boyden is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boyden are

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

Jobs based in Boyden

476 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Boyden residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−1%

Jobs based in Boyden, 2013 → 2023: 483 → 476. 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.