Work & commute · Hancock

Work & commute in Hancock, IA

Most working residents leave Hancock for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (22%), Omaha (17%) and Harlan (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79 Hancock residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hancock.

79live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hancock goes to work

Oakland5.9 mi away

22%18

Omaha, NE37.1 mi away

17%14

Harlan17.7 mi away

7%6

Atlantic17.6 mi away

6%5

Council Bluffs27.8 mi away

5%4

Hancock (in town)right here

4%3

Avoca6.2 mi away

4%3

Papillion, NE41.1 mi away

4%3

Clarinda48.5 mi away

2%2

Bellevue, NE34.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%22

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

How far

How far Hancock commutes

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

31%

18%

36%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hancock is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hancock are

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

Jobs based in Hancock

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities74%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Hancock residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+39%

Jobs based in Hancock, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 82. 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.