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Work & commute · Hinton

Work & commute in Hinton, IA

Most working residents leave Hinton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux City (35%), Le Mars (15%) and South Sioux City (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
17 of 463 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 446 Hinton residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hinton.

446live here, work elsewhere
17live and work here
201work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hinton goes to work

MerrillHintonAkronKingsleySheldonOnawaSioux CenterLe MarsCouncil BluffsAnkenyDes MoinesWest Des MoinesSioux CitySouth Sioux CityOmahaSioux FallsBig SiouxSioux CityLe MarsSouth Sioux CityDes MoinesAkronWest Des MoinesAnkenyOmahaBig SiouxHinton
1
Sioux City10 mi away
35%163
2
Le Mars12.7 mi away
15%71
3
South Sioux City, NE12.6 mi away
4%20
4
Hinton (in town)right here
4%17
5
Des Moines155.7 mi away
3%12
6
Akron19.3 mi away
2%10
7
West Des Moines148.8 mi away
2%8
8
Ankeny151.2 mi away
1%6
9
Omaha, NE94.8 mi away
1%5
10
Big Sioux, SD12.8 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%146

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

How far

How far Hinton commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hinton is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hinton are

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

Jobs based in Hinton

218 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Hinton residents hold

463 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month66%
−4%

Jobs based in Hinton, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 218. 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.

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