Work & commute · New Albin

Work & commute in New Albin, IA

Most working residents leave New Albin for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Waukon (17%), Decorah (9%) and Lansing (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 201 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 196 New Albin residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Albin.

196live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Albin goes to work

Waukon18.5 mi away

17%34

Decorah28.4 mi away

9%18

Lansing10 mi away

7%15

Cedar Rapids107.8 mi away

5%11

La Crosse, WI22.9 mi away

5%11

Caledonia, MN14.2 mi away

4%8

New Albin (in town)right here

2%5

Mason City99.1 mi away

2%4

La Crescent, MN23 mi away

2%4

Postville31.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%88

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

How far

How far New Albin commutes

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

11%

39%

18%

31%

11%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Albin is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Albin are

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

Jobs based in New Albin

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs New Albin residents hold

201 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+25%

Jobs based in New Albin, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 94. 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.