Work & commute · Hazleton

Work & commute in Hazleton, IA

Most working residents leave Hazleton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (15%), Oelwein (12%) and Independence (12%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 239 Hazleton residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazleton.

239live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazleton goes to work

Waterloo24.3 mi away

15%35

Oelwein3.7 mi away

12%29

Independence10.8 mi away

12%28

Fairbank7.4 mi away

4%10

Cedar Rapids46.7 mi away

4%9

Cedar Falls28.7 mi away

2%6

Mason City75 mi away

2%6

Waverly29.5 mi away

2%4

Urbandale117.6 mi away

2%4

Jesup12.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%107

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

How far

How far Hazleton commutes

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

24%

30%

20%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazleton is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazleton are

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

Jobs based in Hazleton

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Hazleton residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−2%

Jobs based in Hazleton, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 48. 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.