Work & commute · New Market

Work & commute in New Market, IA

Most working residents leave New Market for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Clarinda (27%), Bedford (7%) and Creston (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 157 New Market residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Market.

157live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Market goes to work

Clarinda7 mi away

27%44

Bedford10.1 mi away

7%11

Creston36 mi away

5%8

New Market (in town)right here

4%6

Lenox20.7 mi away

4%6

Corning19.8 mi away

2%3

Maryville, MO27 mi away

2%3

Gravity8.5 mi away

1%2

Villisca14.3 mi away

1%2

Huxley105.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%76

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

How far

How far New Market commutes

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

34%

23%

12%

30%

34%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Market is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Market are

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

Jobs based in New Market

205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities98%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs New Market residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+21%

Jobs based in New Market, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 205. 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.