Work & commute · Remsen

Work & commute in Remsen, IA

Most working residents leave Remsen for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Le Mars (28%), Sioux City (7%) and Orange City (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

137 of 933 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 796 Remsen residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Remsen.

796live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Remsen goes to work

Le Mars10.4 mi away

28%263

Remsen (in town)right here

15%137

Sioux City30.6 mi away

7%69

Orange City13.5 mi away

7%63

Sioux Center20.6 mi away

2%22

Marcus8.4 mi away

2%19

Omaha, NE107.4 mi away

2%15

Des Moines148.3 mi away

1%13

Spencer47.3 mi away

1%11

Cedar Rapids226.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%310

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

How far

How far Remsen commutes

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

26%

39%

15%

19%

26%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Remsen 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 Remsen are

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

Jobs based in Remsen

555 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Remsen residents hold

933 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+11%

Jobs based in Remsen, 2013 → 2023: 501 → 555. 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.