Work & commute · Breda

Work & commute in Breda, IA

Most working residents leave Breda for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Carroll (28%), Manning (6%) and Omaha (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 245 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 226 Breda residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Breda.

226live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Breda goes to work

Carroll9.7 mi away

28%69

Breda (in town)right here

8%19

Manning19.5 mi away

6%14

Omaha, NE84.5 mi away

4%9

Denison22.6 mi away

3%8

Sioux City75.4 mi away

3%8

Ames70.2 mi away

2%6

Wall Lake8.4 mi away

2%4

Storm Lake33.7 mi away

2%4

Halbur12.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%101

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

How far

How far Breda commutes

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

31%

34%

28%

31%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Breda is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Breda are

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

Jobs based in Breda

270 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Breda residents hold

245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+26%

Jobs based in Breda, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 270. 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.