Work & commute · Clarinda

Work & commute in Clarinda, IA

52% of Clarinda’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Shenandoah (4%), Des Moines (3%) and Omaha (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

1,005 of 1,927 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 922 Clarinda residents head out of town to work, 1,005 work right here, and 1,906 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarinda.

922live here, work elsewhere

1,005live and work here

1,906work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarinda goes to work

Clarinda (in town)right here

52%1,005

Shenandoah17.8 mi away

4%78

Des Moines93.9 mi away

3%57

Omaha, NE64.4 mi away

3%49

Council Bluffs54.9 mi away

2%44

Red Oak21.5 mi away

1%28

Creston41.4 mi away

1%22

New Market7 mi away

1%19

Atlantic45.3 mi away

1%18

Lincoln, NE86 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%589

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

How far

How far Clarinda commutes

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

56%

11%

28%

56%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarinda is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarinda are

2,911 jobs are based in Clarinda. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarinda’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarinda

2,911 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Clarinda residents hold

1,927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−5%

Jobs based in Clarinda, 2013 → 2023: 3,049 → 2,911. 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.