Work & commute · Hawarden

Work & commute in Hawarden, IA

About one in 5 of Hawarden’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sioux Center (12%), Rock Valley (9%) and Orange City (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

241 of 1,114 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 873 Hawarden residents head out of town to work, 241 work right here, and 592 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawarden.

873live here, work elsewhere

241live and work here

592work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawarden goes to work

Hawarden (in town)right here

22%241

Sioux Center16.6 mi away

12%132

Rock Valley17 mi away

9%102

Orange City21.6 mi away

6%62

Le Mars21.8 mi away

4%50

Sioux City35.3 mi away

4%39

Sioux Falls, SD39.3 mi away

2%22

Hull21.9 mi away

2%18

Sheldon34.5 mi away

2%17

Akron12.6 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%418

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

How far

How far Hawarden commutes

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

28%

45%

11%

16%

28%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawarden is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawarden are

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

Jobs based in Hawarden

833 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Hawarden residents hold

1,114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+4%

Jobs based in Hawarden, 2013 → 2023: 800 → 833. 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.