Work & commute · Le Mars

Work & commute in Le Mars, IA

51% of Le Mars’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sioux City (10%), Sioux Center (3%) and Orange City (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

2,858 of 5,605 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 2,747 Le Mars residents head out of town to work, 2,858 work right here, and 5,495 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Le Mars.

2,747live here, work elsewhere

2,858live and work here

5,495work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Le Mars goes to work

Le Mars (in town)right here

51%2,858

Sioux City22.6 mi away

10%584

Sioux Center20.4 mi away

3%188

Orange City16.4 mi away

3%177

Des Moines155.6 mi away

1%76

Remsen10.4 mi away

1%66

Council Bluffs108 mi away

1%56

West Des Moines149.1 mi away

1%48

Storm Lake50.5 mi away

1%41

Ames140.3 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,471

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

How far

How far Le Mars commutes

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

54%

20%

18%

54%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Le Mars is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Le Mars are

8,353 jobs are based in Le Mars. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Le Mars’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Le Mars

8,353 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Le Mars residents hold

5,605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+18%

Jobs based in Le Mars, 2013 → 2023: 7,061 → 8,353. 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.