Work & commute · Floyd

Work & commute in Floyd, IA

Most working residents leave Floyd for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Charles City (42%), Mason City (6%) and Osage (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 112 Floyd residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Floyd.

112live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Floyd goes to work

Charles City5.7 mi away

42%47

Mason City23.3 mi away

6%7

Osage11.3 mi away

4%5

Fort Dodge84.4 mi away

4%4

New Hampton22 mi away

3%3

Nashua15.8 mi away

2%2

Cherokee144.6 mi away

2%2

Indianola129.1 mi away

2%2

Waverly31.2 mi away

2%2

Cedar Falls44.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%36

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

How far

How far Floyd commutes

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

46%

18%

10%

26%

46%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Floyd is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Floyd are

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

Jobs based in Floyd

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities85%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Floyd residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+16%

Jobs based in Floyd, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 89. 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.