Work & commute · Halbur

Work & commute in Halbur, IA

Most working residents leave Halbur for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Carroll (28%), Breda (7%) and Manning (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 111 Halbur residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halbur.

111live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halbur goes to work

Carroll7.1 mi away

28%32

Breda12.3 mi away

7%8

Manning8.1 mi away

4%4

Fort Dodge53.6 mi away

4%4

Halbur (in town)right here

3%3

Glidden13.1 mi away

3%3

Wall Lake19.1 mi away

3%3

Lake City21.9 mi away

3%3

Sioux City80 mi away

3%3

Arcadia6.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%49

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

How far

How far Halbur commutes

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

46%

24%

46%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halbur is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Halbur are

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

Jobs based in Halbur

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Halbur residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−18%

Jobs based in Halbur, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 60. 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.