Work & commute · Latimer

Work & commute in Latimer, IA

Most working residents leave Latimer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hampton (15%), Mason City (8%) and Iowa Falls (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 156 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 155 Latimer residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Latimer.

155live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Latimer goes to work

Hampton8.3 mi away

15%23

Mason City27.9 mi away

8%13

Iowa Falls17.6 mi away

8%12

Coulter2.1 mi away

3%5

Sheffield11.7 mi away

3%5

Webster City31 mi away

3%5

Clear Lake25.7 mi away

3%5

Eldora30.9 mi away

3%4

Sioux City154.8 mi away

3%4

Clarion18.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%77

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

How far

How far Latimer commutes

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

31%

19%

25%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Latimer is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Latimer are

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

Jobs based in Latimer

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Latimer residents hold

156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−46%

Jobs based in Latimer, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 32. 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.