Work & commute · Calumet

Work & commute in Calumet, IA

Most working residents leave Calumet for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Orange City (17%), Paullina (9%) and Sheldon (9%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 58 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 58 Calumet residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calumet.

58live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calumet goes to work

Orange City25.8 mi away

17%10

Paullina7.1 mi away

9%5

Sheldon21.9 mi away

9%5

Cherokee13.5 mi away

5%3

Spencer24.5 mi away

5%3

Sioux City52.7 mi away

5%3

Sutherland3.4 mi away

3%2

Marcus15.5 mi away

3%2

Le Mars33.5 mi away

3%2

West Okoboji33.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%22

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

How far

How far Calumet commutes

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

14%

33%

38%

16%

14%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calumet is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Calumet are

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

Jobs based in Calumet

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Calumet residents hold

58 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−9%

Jobs based in Calumet, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 70. 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.