Work & commute · Emmetsburg

Work & commute in Emmetsburg, IA

43% of Emmetsburg’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Spencer (5%), Algona (4%) and Estherville (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

672 of 1,560 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 888 Emmetsburg residents head out of town to work, 672 work right here, and 1,079 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emmetsburg.

888live here, work elsewhere

672live and work here

1,079work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emmetsburg goes to work

Emmetsburg (in town)right here

43%672

Spencer24 mi away

5%80

Algona22.7 mi away

4%63

Estherville21.2 mi away

3%46

Graettinger9.2 mi away

3%41

Laurens20.3 mi away

2%28

Des Moines119.7 mi away

2%28

Sioux City96.7 mi away

2%25

Sioux Falls, SD107.3 mi away

2%24

West Bend15.9 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%533

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

How far

How far Emmetsburg commutes

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

50%

19%

10%

21%

50%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emmetsburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Emmetsburg are

1,751 jobs are based in Emmetsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Emmetsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Emmetsburg

1,751 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Emmetsburg residents hold

1,560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−14%

Jobs based in Emmetsburg, 2013 → 2023: 2,041 → 1,751. 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.