Work & commute · Harcourt

Work & commute in Harcourt, IA

Most working residents leave Harcourt for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Dodge (23%), Gowrie (13%) and Paton (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 108 Harcourt residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harcourt.

108live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harcourt goes to work

Fort Dodge17.2 mi away

23%25

Gowrie6 mi away

13%14

Paton7.8 mi away

2%2

Dayton5.3 mi away

2%2

Harcourt (in town)right here

2%2

Jefferson19.8 mi away

2%2

Clive48.7 mi away

2%2

Webster City22.9 mi away

2%2

Des Moines55.7 mi away

2%2

Somers15.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%56

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

How far

How far Harcourt commutes

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

26%

49%

10%

15%

26%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harcourt is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harcourt are

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

Jobs based in Harcourt

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Harcourt residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+50%

Jobs based in Harcourt, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 39. 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.