Work & commute · Odebolt

Work & commute in Odebolt, IA

Most working residents leave Odebolt for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Wall Lake (9%), Ida Grove (9%) and Lake View (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 446 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 410 Odebolt residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Odebolt.

410live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Odebolt goes to work

Wall Lake8.8 mi away

9%40

Ida Grove11.4 mi away

9%40

Odebolt (in town)right here

8%36

Lake View11.2 mi away

7%29

Carroll26 mi away

4%19

Omaha, NE83.4 mi away

4%18

Sac City15.2 mi away

3%14

Sioux City59.3 mi away

3%12

Des Moines98.7 mi away

2%11

Storm Lake23.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%218

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

How far

How far Odebolt commutes

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

21%

34%

11%

34%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Odebolt is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Odebolt are

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

Jobs based in Odebolt

265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Odebolt residents hold

446 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−7%

Jobs based in Odebolt, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 265. 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.