Work & commute · Clarion

Work & commute in Clarion, IA

About one in 3 of Clarion’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Belmond (4%), Eagle Grove (2%) and Webster City (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

415 of 1,076 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 661 Clarion residents head out of town to work, 415 work right here, and 1,172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarion.

661live here, work elsewhere

415live and work here

1,172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarion goes to work

Clarion (in town)right here

39%415

Belmond10 mi away

4%48

Eagle Grove9.9 mi away

2%26

Webster City19.2 mi away

2%25

Goldfield9.5 mi away

2%20

Des Moines80.3 mi away

2%20

Fort Dodge27.4 mi away

2%18

Ames49.1 mi away

1%16

Garner26.2 mi away

1%15

Storm Lake74.7 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%458

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

How far

How far Clarion commutes

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

51%

18%

11%

21%

51%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarion is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarion are

1,587 jobs are based in Clarion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarion

1,587 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Clarion residents hold

1,076 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−19%

Jobs based in Clarion, 2013 → 2023: 1,959 → 1,587. 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.