Work & commute · Hull

Work & commute in Hull, IA

Most working residents leave Hull for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux Center (31%), Rock Valley (7%) and Orange City (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

167 of 1,230 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,063 Hull residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 804 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hull.

1,063live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

804work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hull goes to work

Sioux Center8.1 mi away

31%381

Hull (in town)right here

14%167

Rock Valley7.9 mi away

7%84

Orange City13.6 mi away

6%79

Sheldon14.7 mi away

2%29

Sioux City49.7 mi away

2%25

Sioux Falls, SD38.6 mi away

2%20

Le Mars28.3 mi away

2%19

Des Moines170.5 mi away

1%11

Rock Rapids16.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%407

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

How far

How far Hull commutes

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

59%

21%

13%

59%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hull is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hull are

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

Jobs based in Hull

971 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Hull residents hold

1,230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+5%

Jobs based in Hull, 2013 → 2023: 924 → 971. 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.