Work & commute · Earling

Work & commute in Earling, IA

Most working residents leave Earling for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Harlan (23%), Council Bluffs (13%) and Shelby (11%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 142 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 140 Earling residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Earling.

140live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Earling goes to work

Harlan10 mi away

23%33

Council Bluffs43.6 mi away

13%19

Shelby18.8 mi away

11%15

Omaha, NE48.3 mi away

8%12

Panama4.5 mi away

4%5

Denison16.9 mi away

2%3

Earling (in town)right here

1%2

Woodbine15.3 mi away

1%2

Avoca20.7 mi away

1%2

Creston73.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%47

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

How far

How far Earling commutes

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

22%

32%

25%

20%

22%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Earling is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Earling are

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

Jobs based in Earling

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Earling residents hold

142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−58%

Jobs based in Earling, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 34. 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.