Work & commute · Otho

Work & commute in Otho, IA

Most working residents leave Otho for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Dodge (30%), Dayton (6%) and Ames (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 175 Otho residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otho.

175live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otho goes to work

Fort Dodge6.2 mi away

30%52

Dayton11.8 mi away

6%11

Ames38.4 mi away

5%8

Sioux City114.3 mi away

3%6

Webster City17.1 mi away

2%4

Stratford15.5 mi away

2%3

Boone29.4 mi away

2%3

Urbandale57.5 mi away

2%3

Waterloo91.8 mi away

2%3

Algona45.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%80

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

How far

How far Otho commutes

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

40%

24%

13%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otho is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otho are

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

Jobs based in Otho

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Otho residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+0%

Jobs based in Otho, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 14. 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.