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Work & commute · Merrill

Work & commute in Merrill, IA

Most working residents leave Merrill for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux City (40%), Le Mars (12%) and Hinton (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
1 of 347 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
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 346 Merrill residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merrill.

346live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
35work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Merrill goes to work

BronsonMerrillDoonHintonAkronKingsleyMapletonSergeant BluffOrange CityCherokeeLe MarsDes MoinesSioux CitySouth Sioux CityOmahaNorth Sioux CityNorth HighlandsSioux CityLe MarsHintonSouth Sioux CityOmahaAkronSergeant BluffDes MoinesNorth Sioux CityCherokeeMerrill
1
Sioux City17.1 mi away
40%138
2
Le Mars5.8 mi away
12%42
3
Hinton7.1 mi away
4%15
4
South Sioux City, NE19.6 mi away
3%9
5
Omaha, NE101.2 mi away
3%9
6
Akron17.1 mi away
2%7
7
Sergeant Bluff22.9 mi away
2%6
8
Des Moines156.8 mi away
2%6
9
North Sioux City, SD17.7 mi away
1%5
10
Cherokee35.6 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%106

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

How far

How far Merrill commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
55%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Merrill is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merrill are

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

Jobs based in Merrill

36 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities61%
Services (health, schools, offices…)25%
$1,250 a month or less31%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Merrill residents hold

347 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month70%
−8%

Jobs based in Merrill, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 36. 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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