Work & commute · Ringsted

Work & commute in Ringsted, IA

Most working residents leave Ringsted for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Armstrong (17%), Estherville (11%) and Fairmont (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 146 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 144 Ringsted residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ringsted.

144live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ringsted goes to work

Armstrong7 mi away

17%25

Estherville17.9 mi away

11%16

Fairmont, MN24.3 mi away

7%10

Emmetsburg15.2 mi away

6%9

Sioux City110.1 mi away

5%8

Spirit Lake31.6 mi away

4%6

Bancroft14.6 mi away

3%5

Swea City11.6 mi away

3%4

Algona20.5 mi away

2%3

Spencer34.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%57

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

How far

How far Ringsted commutes

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

26%

38%

12%

23%

26%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ringsted is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ringsted are

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

Jobs based in Ringsted

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Ringsted residents hold

146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+12%

Jobs based in Ringsted, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 29. 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.