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Work & commute in Matlock, IA

Most working residents leave Matlock for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Orange City (14%), Sheldon (11%) and Sioux Center (11%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 44 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 44 Matlock residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Matlock.

44live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Matlock goes to work

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1
Orange City17.8 mi away
14%6
2
Sheldon6.4 mi away
11%5
3
Sioux Center16.7 mi away
11%5
4
Le Mars34.2 mi away
11%5
5
Boyden5.2 mi away
7%3
6
Waucoma197 mi away
2%1
7
Little Rock14.3 mi away
2%1
8
Primghar19.2 mi away
2%1
9
Inwood25.5 mi away
2%1
10
Rock Valley18.1 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%15

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

How far

How far Matlock commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
50%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Matlock 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 Matlock are

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

Jobs based in Matlock

7 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)57%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Matlock residents hold

44 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)39%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month68%
−79%

Jobs based in Matlock, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 7. 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.

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