Work & commute · New Hampton

Work & commute in New Hampton, IA

About one in 3 of New Hampton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Charles City (4%), Waterloo (4%) and Mason City (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

635 of 1,641 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,006 New Hampton residents head out of town to work, 635 work right here, and 2,084 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Hampton.

1,006live here, work elsewhere

635live and work here

2,084work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Hampton goes to work

New Hampton (in town)right here

39%635

Charles City18 mi away

4%68

Waterloo39 mi away

4%63

Mason City45.1 mi away

3%53

Cedar Rapids82.1 mi away

2%40

Cedar Falls37.8 mi away

2%37

Fredericksburg8.7 mi away

2%36

Cresco24 mi away

2%27

Waverly24.4 mi away

2%26

Lawler8.2 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%637

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

How far

How far New Hampton commutes

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

49%

14%

16%

21%

49%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Hampton is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in New Hampton are

2,719 jobs are based in New Hampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Hampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Hampton

2,719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs New Hampton residents hold

1,641 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in New Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 2,386 → 2,719. 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.