Work & commute · Lu Verne

Work & commute in Lu Verne, IA

Most working residents leave Lu Verne for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Algona (26%), Fort Dodge (5%) and Mason City (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 100 Lu Verne residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lu Verne.

100live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lu Verne goes to work

Algona13.8 mi away

26%27

Fort Dodge28 mi away

5%5

Mason City47.5 mi away

5%5

Forest City33 mi away

4%4

Marshalltown85.2 mi away

3%3

Cedar Falls87 mi away

3%3

Lu Verne (in town)right here

2%2

Garner27.6 mi away

2%2

Webster City33.7 mi away

2%2

Austin, MN76.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%47

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

How far

How far Lu Verne commutes

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

43%

24%

29%

4%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lu Verne is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lu Verne are

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

Jobs based in Lu Verne

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lu Verne residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1%

Jobs based in Lu Verne, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 69. 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.