Work & commute · Calmar

Work & commute in Calmar, IA

Most working residents leave Calmar for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Decorah (20%), Cresco (6%) and New Hampton (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 542 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 523 Calmar residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calmar.

523live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calmar goes to work

Decorah9.3 mi away

20%110

Cresco18.2 mi away

6%34

Calmar (in town)right here

4%19

New Hampton24.1 mi away

3%17

Waterloo53.5 mi away

3%17

Dubuque75.4 mi away

3%15

Cedar Rapids84.6 mi away

2%13

Cedar Falls54.5 mi away

2%11

Ossian5.7 mi away

1%8

West Union15.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%290

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

How far

How far Calmar commutes

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

38%

25%

30%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calmar is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calmar are

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

Jobs based in Calmar

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Calmar residents hold

542 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+9%

Jobs based in Calmar, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 236. 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.