Work & commute · Hubbard

Work & commute in Hubbard, IA

Most working residents leave Hubbard for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Ames (8%), Marshalltown (7%) and Eldora (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

42 of 318 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 276 Hubbard residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hubbard.

276live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

280work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hubbard goes to work

Hubbard (in town)right here

13%42

Ames25.3 mi away

8%26

Marshalltown27.6 mi away

7%21

Eldora10.9 mi away

5%17

Iowa Falls14.9 mi away

5%15

Conrad22.6 mi away

4%12

Des Moines53.1 mi away

4%12

Union13 mi away

3%11

Ankeny42.5 mi away

2%7

Grundy Center27.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%150

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

How far

How far Hubbard commutes

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

19%

34%

22%

25%

19%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hubbard is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hubbard are

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

Jobs based in Hubbard

322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hubbard residents hold

318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−4%

Jobs based in Hubbard, 2013 → 2023: 335 → 322. 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.