Work & commute · Rossie

Work & commute in Rossie, IA

Most working residents leave Rossie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux City (18%), Spirit Lake (12%) and Spencer (12%). Half commute less than 49 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

49 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17 Rossie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rossie.

17live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rossie goes to work

Sioux City70.7 mi away

18%3

Spirit Lake28.1 mi away

12%2

Spencer9.4 mi away

12%2

Peterson10.3 mi away

6%1

Orleans30.8 mi away

6%1

Milford22.7 mi away

6%1

Rock Valley57 mi away

6%1

Algona48.5 mi away

6%1

Boone94.5 mi away

6%1

Bondurant127 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%3

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

How far

How far Rossie commutes

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

12%

29%

47%

12%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rossie is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rossie are

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

Jobs based in Rossie

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Rossie residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−37%

Jobs based in Rossie, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 27. 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.