Work & commute · Somers

Work & commute in Somers, IA

Most working residents leave Somers for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lake City (15%), Fort Dodge (12%) and Gowrie (10%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41 Somers residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somers.

41live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somers goes to work

Lake City17.1 mi away

15%6

Fort Dodge15.9 mi away

12%5

Gowrie10 mi away

10%4

Lohrville9.9 mi away

7%3

Farnhamville7.2 mi away

5%2

Rockwell City10.2 mi away

5%2

Jefferson25.1 mi away

5%2

Vincent25.6 mi away

2%1

Laurens38.7 mi away

2%1

Rutland27.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%14

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

How far

How far Somers commutes

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

15%

49%

17%

20%

15%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somers is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Somers are

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

Jobs based in Somers

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Somers residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−6%

Jobs based in Somers, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 15. 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.