Work & commute · Larchwood

Work & commute in Larchwood, IA

Most working residents leave Larchwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Inwood (11%), Rock Valley (10%) and Sioux Falls (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 381 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 374 Larchwood residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Larchwood.

374live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Larchwood goes to work

Inwood10 mi away

11%42

Rock Valley18.9 mi away

10%38

Sioux Falls, SD16 mi away

7%26

Sioux Center29.4 mi away

6%21

Rock Rapids13.7 mi away

5%18

Doon15.8 mi away

3%13

Larchwood (in town)right here

2%7

Brandon, SD12.1 mi away

2%7

Lester5.4 mi away

2%6

Fort Dodge131.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%198

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

How far

How far Larchwood commutes

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

21%

51%

13%

15%

21%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Larchwood is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Larchwood are

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

Jobs based in Larchwood

141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Larchwood residents hold

381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−28%

Jobs based in Larchwood, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 141. 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.