Work & commute · Rolfe

Work & commute in Rolfe, IA

Most working residents leave Rolfe for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pocahontas (30%), Humboldt (7%) and Fort Dodge (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 216 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 210 Rolfe residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rolfe.

210live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rolfe goes to work

Pocahontas8.6 mi away

30%64

Humboldt16.8 mi away

7%16

Fort Dodge27.7 mi away

6%14

Laurens16.2 mi away

5%10

Ames71.5 mi away

4%9

Rolfe (in town)right here

3%6

Swea City41 mi away

2%4

Storm Lake35.7 mi away

2%4

Des Moines97.8 mi away

2%4

Rockwell City29.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%82

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

How far

How far Rolfe commutes

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

42%

20%

19%

42%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rolfe is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rolfe are

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

Jobs based in Rolfe

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Rolfe residents hold

216 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−13%

Jobs based in Rolfe, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 66. 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.