Work & commute · Graettinger

Work & commute in Graettinger, IA

Most working residents leave Graettinger for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Emmetsburg (16%), Spencer (6%) and Estherville (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

73 of 380 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 307 Graettinger residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 310 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Graettinger.

307live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

310work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Graettinger goes to work

Graettinger (in town)right here

19%73

Emmetsburg9.2 mi away

16%59

Spencer21.2 mi away

6%24

Estherville12 mi away

5%18

West Bend24.6 mi away

3%10

Milford21.2 mi away

3%10

Algona28.4 mi away

2%9

Laurens27.4 mi away

2%8

Spirit Lake22.1 mi away

2%7

Pocahontas34.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%157

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

How far

How far Graettinger commutes

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

38%

31%

12%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Graettinger is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Graettinger are

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

Jobs based in Graettinger

383 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Graettinger residents hold

380 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+32%

Jobs based in Graettinger, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 383. 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.