Work & commute · Sioux Rapids

Work & commute in Sioux Rapids, IA

Most working residents leave Sioux Rapids for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Storm Lake (19%), Spencer (10%) and Cherokee (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 339 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 322 Sioux Rapids residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sioux Rapids.

322live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sioux Rapids goes to work

Storm Lake17.4 mi away

19%66

Spencer17.6 mi away

10%35

Sioux Rapids (in town)right here

5%17

Cherokee22.7 mi away

4%15

Sioux City68.7 mi away

4%15

Le Mars52.5 mi away

3%10

Spirit Lake36.3 mi away

2%7

Laurens15.5 mi away

1%5

Milford31 mi away

1%4

Sheldon40.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%161

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

How far

How far Sioux Rapids commutes

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

22%

45%

12%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sioux Rapids is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sioux Rapids are

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

Jobs based in Sioux Rapids

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Sioux Rapids residents hold

339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−25%

Jobs based in Sioux Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 166. 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.