Work & commute · Mallard

Work & commute in Mallard, IA

Most working residents leave Mallard for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Graettinger (18%), Emmetsburg (17%) and Spencer (10%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 115 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 115 Mallard residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mallard.

115live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mallard goes to work

Graettinger20.8 mi away

18%21

Emmetsburg12.1 mi away

17%20

Spencer27.7 mi away

10%12

Pocahontas14 mi away

3%3

Estherville32.7 mi away

3%3

Sioux Falls, SD111.2 mi away

3%3

Laurens10.5 mi away

2%2

West Bend12.1 mi away

2%2

Spirit Lake39.4 mi away

2%2

Fort Dodge39.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%45

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

How far

How far Mallard commutes

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

50%

26%

24%

0%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mallard is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mallard are

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

Jobs based in Mallard

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Mallard residents hold

115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−66%

Jobs based in Mallard, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 30. 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.