Work & commute · Duncombe

Work & commute in Duncombe, IA

Most working residents leave Duncombe for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Dodge (31%), Webster City (5%) and Ames (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 176 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 176 Duncombe residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duncombe.

176live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duncombe goes to work

Fort Dodge9.5 mi away

31%54

Webster City9.1 mi away

5%8

Ames36.2 mi away

3%6

Eagle Grove14.4 mi away

3%5

Humboldt21 mi away

3%5

Des Moines65.1 mi away

3%5

Clarion22.6 mi away

2%4

West Des Moines64.5 mi away

2%4

Boone29.7 mi away

2%3

Badger12.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%80

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

How far

How far Duncombe commutes

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

31%

39%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duncombe is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Duncombe are

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

Jobs based in Duncombe

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities72%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Duncombe residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−21%

Jobs based in Duncombe, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 54. 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.