Work & commute · Irwin

Work & commute in Irwin, IA

Most working residents leave Irwin for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Harlan (20%), Elk Horn (10%) and Atlantic (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 133 Irwin residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irwin.

133live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irwin goes to work

Harlan11.5 mi away

20%28

Elk Horn15.5 mi away

10%14

Atlantic29.1 mi away

6%8

Denison17.3 mi away

5%7

Council Bluffs50.8 mi away

5%7

Defiance7.3 mi away

4%6

Omaha, NE57 mi away

4%5

Irwin (in town)right here

3%4

Shelby23.3 mi away

3%4

Manning11 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%51

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

How far

How far Irwin commutes

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

52%

15%

23%

9%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irwin is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Irwin are

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

Jobs based in Irwin

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Irwin residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−15%

Jobs based in Irwin, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 55. 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.