Work & commute · Dolliver

Work & commute in Dolliver, IA

Most working residents leave Dolliver for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Estherville (37%), Armstrong (7%) and Spirit Lake (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 26 Dolliver residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dolliver.

26live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dolliver goes to work

Estherville11.9 mi away

37%10

Armstrong8.1 mi away

7%2

Spirit Lake25.2 mi away

7%2

Spencer34.8 mi away

7%2

Dolliver (in town)right here

4%1

Boyden72.3 mi away

4%1

Graettinger17.1 mi away

4%1

Algona32.9 mi away

4%1

Storm Lake63.9 mi away

4%1

Grinnell153.3 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%5

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

How far

How far Dolliver commutes

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

15%

48%

15%

22%

15%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dolliver is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dolliver are

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

Jobs based in Dolliver

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Dolliver residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

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Jobs based in Dolliver, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 12. 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.