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Work & commute · Paullina

Work & commute in Paullina, IA

Most working residents leave Paullina for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Orange City (11%), Sutherland (6%) and Cherokee (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
44 of 440 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 396 Paullina residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paullina.

396live here, work elsewhere
44live and work here
264work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Paullina goes to work

CalumetSutherlandPaullinaPrimgharHartleySanbornOrange CitySheldonSioux CenterCherokeeLe MarsSpencerSioux CityOrange CitySutherlandCherokeeSheldonSanbornPrimgharSioux CenterSioux CityLe MarsPaullina
1
Orange City18.9 mi away
11%49
2
Paullina (in town)right here
10%44
3
Sutherland9.5 mi away
6%27
4
Cherokee17.2 mi away
6%26
5
Sheldon16 mi away
4%18
6
Sanborn14 mi away
3%14
7
Primghar8 mi away
3%12
8
Sioux Center25.5 mi away
3%12
9
Sioux City49 mi away
3%12
10
Le Mars28.3 mi away
3%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%215

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

How far

How far Paullina commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Paullina 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 Paullina are

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

Jobs based in Paullina

308 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Paullina residents hold

440 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−4%

Jobs based in Paullina, 2013 → 2023: 321 → 308. 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.

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