Work & commute · Superior

Work & commute in Superior, IA

Most working residents leave Superior for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Spirit Lake (32%), Milford (7%) and Arnolds Park (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 56 Superior residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Superior.

56live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Superior goes to work

Spirit Lake8.4 mi away

32%18

Milford11.9 mi away

7%4

Arnolds Park10.5 mi away

5%3

Spencer22.4 mi away

5%3

Des Moines145.5 mi away

5%3

Estherville6.1 mi away

4%2

Le Mars76.5 mi away

4%2

Urbandale137.6 mi away

4%2

Pinehurst, ID1065.5 mi away

2%1

Fostoria16.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%17

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

How far

How far Superior commutes

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

45%

21%

30%

45%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Superior is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Superior are

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

Jobs based in Superior

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Superior residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+126%

Jobs based in Superior, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 70. 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.