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Work & commute · Charter Oak

Work & commute in Charter Oak, IA

Most working residents leave Charter Oak for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Denison (27%), Dunlap (5%) and Sioux City (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
11 of 259 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 248 Charter Oak residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charter Oak.

248live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
96work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Charter Oak goes to work

KironDow CityUteArionCharter OakBredaSchleswigDunlapDenisonFort DodgeCouncil BluffsDes MoinesSioux CityAlbionNorfolkOmahaDenisonDunlapSioux CityOmahaDow CityFort DodgeCouncil BluffsDes MoinesBredaCharter Oak
1
Denison12.7 mi away
27%70
2
Dunlap15 mi away
5%14
3
Charter Oak (in town)right here
4%11
4
Sioux City50.4 mi away
4%11
5
Omaha, NE60.6 mi away
3%8
6
Dow City10.9 mi away
3%7
7
Fort Dodge78.5 mi away
2%5
8
Council Bluffs59.1 mi away
2%5
9
Des Moines107.5 mi away
2%5
10
Breda32.5 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%119

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

How far

How far Charter Oak commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
46%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
33%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Charter Oak is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charter Oak are

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

Jobs based in Charter Oak

107 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less32%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Charter Oak residents hold

259 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities35%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month47%
−7%

Jobs based in Charter Oak, 2013 → 2023: 115 → 107. 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.

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