Work & commute · Hartley

Work & commute in Hartley, IA

Most working residents leave Hartley for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Spencer (9%), Sheldon (8%) and Sanborn (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

99 of 704 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 605 Hartley residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartley.

605live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartley goes to work

Hartley (in town)right here

14%99

Spencer16.5 mi away

9%61

Sheldon18.5 mi away

8%53

Sanborn9 mi away

4%28

Sioux City66.1 mi away

3%23

Primghar9.7 mi away

3%18

Spirit Lake24.6 mi away

2%15

Sioux Falls, SD67.8 mi away

2%14

Sioux Center35.7 mi away

2%13

Rock Valley41 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%369

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

How far

How far Hartley commutes

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

29%

33%

16%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartley is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartley are

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

Jobs based in Hartley

380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hartley residents hold

704 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−14%

Jobs based in Hartley, 2013 → 2023: 444 → 380. 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.