Work & commute · Moorland

Work & commute in Moorland, IA

Most working residents leave Moorland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Dodge (28%), Gowrie (7%) and Dayton (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 69 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 68 Moorland residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moorland.

68live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moorland goes to work

Fort Dodge7.7 mi away

28%19

Gowrie11.3 mi away

7%5

Dayton16.9 mi away

4%3

Webster City24.4 mi away

4%3

Lake City25.3 mi away

3%2

Jefferson29.6 mi away

3%2

Spencer65.3 mi away

3%2

Clare10.4 mi away

1%1

Bevington79.2 mi away

1%1

Paton19.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%30

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

How far

How far Moorland commutes

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

39%

22%

16%

23%

39%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moorland is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moorland are

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

Jobs based in Moorland

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Moorland residents hold

69 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+63%

Jobs based in Moorland, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 39. 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.