Work & commute · Hartford

Work & commute in Hartford, IA

Most working residents leave Hartford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (30%), West Des Moines (11%) and Ankeny (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 381 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 379 Hartford residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartford.

379live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartford goes to work

Des Moines13.3 mi away

30%116

West Des Moines20.5 mi away

11%42

Ankeny21.5 mi away

7%28

Carlisle5.7 mi away

5%20

Indianola10.6 mi away

5%18

Urbandale23 mi away

3%13

Pella25.5 mi away

2%6

Altoona13.9 mi away

2%6

Newton25 mi away

1%5

Pleasant Hill11.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%122

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

How far

How far Hartford commutes

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

13%

69%

13%Under 10 mi

69%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartford is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartford are

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

Jobs based in Hartford

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Hartford residents hold

381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+21%

Jobs based in Hartford, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 57. 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.