Work & commute · Marble Rock

Work & commute in Marble Rock, IA

Most working residents leave Marble Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mason City (19%), Waverly (5%) and Charles City (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 117 Marble Rock residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marble Rock.

117live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marble Rock goes to work

Mason City21 mi away

19%23

Waverly26.2 mi away

5%6

Charles City12 mi away

4%5

Rockford7.3 mi away

3%3

Garner38.3 mi away

3%3

Osage22.2 mi away

3%3

Nora Springs14.4 mi away

3%3

Allison15.1 mi away

3%3

Sheffield18.1 mi away

3%3

Des Moines103.4 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%63

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

How far

How far Marble Rock commutes

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

10%

50%

19%

21%

10%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marble Rock is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marble Rock are

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

Jobs based in Marble Rock

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less63%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Marble Rock residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−60%

Jobs based in Marble Rock, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 19. 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.