Work & commute · Cleghorn

Work & commute in Cleghorn, IA

Most working residents leave Cleghorn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cherokee (18%), Marcus (9%) and Sioux City (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 134 Cleghorn residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cleghorn.

134live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cleghorn goes to work

Cherokee9.2 mi away

18%24

Marcus4.8 mi away

9%12

Sioux City40.8 mi away

5%7

Le Mars23.4 mi away

4%5

Holstein24.1 mi away

3%4

Des Moines137.6 mi away

3%4

Meriden4.2 mi away

2%3

Aurelia15.6 mi away

2%3

Lake View49.3 mi away

2%3

Sioux Center29.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%67

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

How far

How far Cleghorn commutes

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

33%

18%

22%

27%

33%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cleghorn is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cleghorn are

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

Jobs based in Cleghorn

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Cleghorn residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+28%

Jobs based in Cleghorn, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 46. 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.