Work & commute · Protivin

Work & commute in Protivin, IA

Most working residents leave Protivin for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cresco (23%), Lime Springs (5%) and Decorah (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 122 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 120 Protivin residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Protivin.

120live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Protivin goes to work

Cresco10.8 mi away

23%28

Lime Springs18.9 mi away

5%6

Decorah16.4 mi away

5%6

Cedar Rapids89 mi away

4%5

Waterloo51.8 mi away

4%5

New Hampton15.9 mi away

3%4

Mason City56.2 mi away

3%4

Charles City31.2 mi away

2%3

Dubuque85.8 mi away

2%3

Protivin (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%56

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

How far

How far Protivin commutes

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

48%

34%

9%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Protivin is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Protivin are

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

Jobs based in Protivin

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Protivin residents hold

122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−48%

Jobs based in Protivin, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 76. 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.