Work & commute · Farnhamville

Work & commute in Farnhamville, IA

Most working residents leave Farnhamville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Dodge (18%), Lake City (7%) and Rockwell City (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 142 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 140 Farnhamville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farnhamville.

140live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farnhamville goes to work

Fort Dodge20 mi away

18%25

Lake City16.5 mi away

7%10

Rockwell City14.1 mi away

6%8

Gowrie6 mi away

4%5

Mason City85.9 mi away

4%5

Des Moines63.6 mi away

4%5

Jefferson17.9 mi away

2%3

Boone31.6 mi away

2%3

West Des Moines59.6 mi away

2%3

Farnhamville (in town)right here

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%73

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

How far

How far Farnhamville commutes

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

11%

40%

15%

33%

11%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farnhamville is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farnhamville are

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

Jobs based in Farnhamville

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Farnhamville residents hold

142 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−56%

Jobs based in Farnhamville, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 45. 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.