Work & commute · Sanborn

Work & commute in Sanborn, IA

Most working residents leave Sanborn for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Sheldon (19%), Primghar (7%) and Orange City (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

69 of 670 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 601 Sanborn residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanborn.

601live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanborn goes to work

Sheldon9.5 mi away

19%126

Sanborn (in town)right here

10%69

Primghar6.8 mi away

7%45

Orange City23.7 mi away

5%34

Spencer25.4 mi away

3%19

Sioux City60.3 mi away

3%19

Sioux Center27 mi away

3%17

Paullina14 mi away

2%15

Hartley9 mi away

2%13

Boyden17.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%302

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

How far

How far Sanborn commutes

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

39%

26%

16%

19%

39%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanborn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanborn are

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

Jobs based in Sanborn

523 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Sanborn residents hold

670 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−7%

Jobs based in Sanborn, 2013 → 2023: 562 → 523. 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.