Work & commute · Britt

Work & commute in Britt, IA

Most working residents leave Britt for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Forest City (11%), Garner (10%) and Mason City (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

167 of 884 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 717 Britt residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 618 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Britt.

717live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

618work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Britt goes to work

Britt (in town)right here

19%167

Forest City13.8 mi away

11%96

Garner10.1 mi away

10%87

Mason City30.6 mi away

5%44

Algona21.7 mi away

4%31

Kanawha11.4 mi away

2%19

Clear Lake21.8 mi away

2%18

Waterloo84.7 mi away

2%17

Cedar Falls79.2 mi away

1%12

Des Moines105.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%381

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

How far

How far Britt commutes

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

30%

31%

13%

25%

30%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Britt is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Britt are

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

Jobs based in Britt

785 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Britt residents hold

884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1%

Jobs based in Britt, 2013 → 2023: 777 → 785. 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.