Work & commute · Newell

Work & commute in Newell, IA

Most working residents leave Newell for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Storm Lake (42%), Spencer (4%) and Sioux City (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

52 of 366 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 314 Newell residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newell.

314live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newell goes to work

Storm Lake10.1 mi away

42%152

Newell (in town)right here

14%52

Spencer37.9 mi away

4%13

Sioux City71 mi away

3%11

Algona50.7 mi away

2%6

Sac City13 mi away

1%5

Sioux Falls, SD108.4 mi away

1%5

Pocahontas19.3 mi away

1%4

Spirit Lake56 mi away

1%4

Cherokee29.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%110

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

How far

How far Newell commutes

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

33%

35%

24%

33%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newell is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newell are

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

Jobs based in Newell

255 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Newell residents hold

366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−21%

Jobs based in Newell, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 255. 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.