Work & commute · St. Olaf

Work & commute in St. Olaf, IA

Most working residents leave St. Olaf for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Postville (11%), Monona (7%) and Prairie du Chien (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 55 St. Olaf residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Olaf.

55live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Olaf goes to work

Postville14.2 mi away

11%6

Monona8.5 mi away

7%4

Prairie du Chien, WI15 mi away

7%4

Clayton12.2 mi away

4%2

Elkader4.9 mi away

4%2

Marquette12.7 mi away

4%2

Waukon24.1 mi away

4%2

Dubuque45.5 mi away

4%2

Cedar Rapids68.1 mi away

4%2

Stewartville, MN85 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%27

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

How far

How far St. Olaf commutes

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

22%

45%

11%

22%

22%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Olaf is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Olaf are

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

Jobs based in St. Olaf

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less55%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs St. Olaf residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+18%

Jobs based in St. Olaf, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 33. 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.