Work & commute · Craig

Work & commute in Craig, IA

Most working residents leave Craig for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Le Mars (18%), Akron (12%) and Sioux City (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 33 Craig residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Craig.

33live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Craig goes to work

Le Mars10.5 mi away

18%6

Akron13.4 mi away

12%4

Sioux City27.9 mi away

9%3

Orange City14.8 mi away

6%2

Clinton318 mi away

6%2

Des Moines165.6 mi away

6%2

Sioux Center14.3 mi away

3%1

Boone137.3 mi away

3%1

Urbandale155.9 mi away

3%1

West Des Moines159.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%10

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

How far

How far Craig commutes

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

48%

19%

29%

3%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Craig is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Craig are

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

Jobs based in Craig

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Craig residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+258%

Jobs based in Craig, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 43. 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.