Work & commute · Rowan

Work & commute in Rowan, IA

Most working residents leave Rowan for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Clarion (20%), Iowa Falls (13%) and Belmond (10%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 40 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 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 40 Rowan residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rowan.

40live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rowan goes to work

Clarion9.1 mi away

20%8

Iowa Falls21 mi away

13%5

Belmond7.9 mi away

10%4

Webster City23.5 mi away

5%2

Bode38.3 mi away

3%1

Battle Creek108.4 mi away

3%1

Radcliffe29.8 mi away

3%1

Britt27.9 mi away

3%1

Alden18 mi away

3%1

Montezuma95.6 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%15

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

How far

How far Rowan commutes

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

33%

30%

15%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rowan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rowan are

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

Jobs based in Rowan

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Rowan residents hold

40 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+147%

Jobs based in Rowan, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 42. 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.