Work & commute · Gladbrook

Work & commute in Gladbrook, IA

Most working residents leave Gladbrook for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Marshalltown (19%), Tama (5%) and Waterloo (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 377 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 353 Gladbrook residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gladbrook.

353live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gladbrook goes to work

Marshalltown14.4 mi away

19%72

Gladbrook (in town)right here

6%24

Tama16.9 mi away

5%20

Waterloo28.1 mi away

5%19

Des Moines62.6 mi away

4%15

Ames47.7 mi away

3%10

Cedar Rapids55.3 mi away

3%10

Garwin6.7 mi away

2%9

Conrad8.5 mi away

2%8

Grinnell31.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%182

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

How far

How far Gladbrook commutes

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

13%

37%

17%

33%

13%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gladbrook is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gladbrook are

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

Jobs based in Gladbrook

152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Gladbrook residents hold

377 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−34%

Jobs based in Gladbrook, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 152. 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.