Work & commute · Gilmore

Work & commute in Gilmore, IA

Most working residents leave Gilmore for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Humboldt (18%), Pocahontas (9%) and Fort Dodge (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 219 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 217 Gilmore residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilmore.

217live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilmore goes to work

Humboldt10.8 mi away

18%39

Pocahontas11.7 mi away

9%19

Fort Dodge20 mi away

8%17

Laurens22.5 mi away

4%9

West Bend16.1 mi away

3%6

Dakota City12.2 mi away

2%5

Algona26.3 mi away

2%5

Carroll50.3 mi away

2%5

Des Moines90.3 mi away

2%5

West Des Moines88 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%104

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

How far

How far Gilmore commutes

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

58%

11%

26%

5%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilmore is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilmore are

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

Jobs based in Gilmore

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Gilmore residents hold

219 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+177%

Jobs based in Gilmore, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 86. 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.