Work & commute · Gowrie

Work & commute in Gowrie, IA

Most working residents leave Gowrie for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Dodge (28%), Ames (4%) and Lake City (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 389 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 356 Gowrie residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gowrie.

356live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

239work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gowrie goes to work

Fort Dodge17 mi away

28%110

Gowrie (in town)right here

8%33

Ames38.4 mi away

4%14

Lake City22.6 mi away

3%10

Jefferson18.6 mi away

3%10

Des Moines60 mi away

2%9

Paton8 mi away

2%8

Webster City27.2 mi away

2%7

Dayton11.2 mi away

1%5

Farnhamville6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%179

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

How far

How far Gowrie commutes

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

16%

51%

13%

21%

16%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gowrie is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gowrie are

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

Jobs based in Gowrie

272 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Gowrie residents hold

389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−4%

Jobs based in Gowrie, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 272. 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.