Work & commute · Carpenter

Work & commute in Carpenter, IA

Most working residents leave Carpenter for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Osage (14%), St. Ansgar (11%) and Northwood (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 35 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 35 Carpenter residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carpenter.

35live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carpenter goes to work

Osage13.8 mi away

14%5

St. Ansgar5.6 mi away

11%4

Northwood10.2 mi away

9%3

Nora Springs18.6 mi away

6%2

Wauchula, FL1262.1 mi away

3%1

Stacyville11.8 mi away

3%1

Strawberry Point90.4 mi away

3%1

Charles City30 mi away

3%1

Indianola144.5 mi away

3%1

Waverly55.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%15

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

How far

How far Carpenter commutes

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

14%

46%

11%

29%

14%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carpenter is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carpenter are

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

Jobs based in Carpenter

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less69%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Carpenter residents hold

35 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−54%

Jobs based in Carpenter, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 16. 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.