Work & commute · Schleswig

Work & commute in Schleswig, IA

Most working residents leave Schleswig for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Denison (31%), Ida Grove (5%) and Carroll (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 401 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 370 Schleswig residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schleswig.

370live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schleswig goes to work

Denison10.9 mi away

31%124

Schleswig (in town)right here

8%31

Ida Grove12.7 mi away

5%22

Carroll29.9 mi away

3%12

Sioux City54 mi away

2%10

Des Moines102.3 mi away

2%7

Kiron6 mi away

1%6

Storm Lake35.4 mi away

1%6

Boone80.4 mi away

1%4

Spencer69.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%175

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

How far

How far Schleswig commutes

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

15%

44%

12%

29%

15%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schleswig is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Schleswig are

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

Jobs based in Schleswig

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Schleswig residents hold

401 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+39%

Jobs based in Schleswig, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 172. 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.