Work & commute · Kamrar

Work & commute in Kamrar, IA

Most working residents leave Kamrar for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Webster City (33%), Ames (9%) and Fort Dodge (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 81 Kamrar residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kamrar.

81live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kamrar goes to work

Webster City6.8 mi away

33%27

Ames25.7 mi away

9%7

Fort Dodge24.3 mi away

5%4

Clarion23.7 mi away

2%2

Iowa Falls25.1 mi away

2%2

Mason City58.8 mi away

2%2

Williams11.7 mi away

1%1

Ellsworth9.3 mi away

1%1

Fonda58.5 mi away

1%1

Hubbard22.5 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%33

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

How far

How far Kamrar commutes

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

43%

24%

20%

14%

43%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kamrar is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kamrar are

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

Jobs based in Kamrar

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less58%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs Kamrar residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−21%

Jobs based in Kamrar, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 26. 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.