Work & commute · Swaledale

Work & commute in Swaledale, IA

Most working residents leave Swaledale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mason City (28%), Rockwell (9%) and Clear Lake (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 58 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 58 Swaledale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swaledale.

58live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swaledale goes to work

Mason City13.2 mi away

28%16

Rockwell6.5 mi away

9%5

Clear Lake11.3 mi away

7%4

Waterloo59.2 mi away

7%4

Des Moines98.2 mi away

5%3

Garner16.8 mi away

3%2

Sheffield8.1 mi away

3%2

Fort Dodge54.3 mi away

3%2

Albert Lea, MN46.9 mi away

3%2

Armstrong65.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%17

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

How far

How far Swaledale commutes

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

14%

41%

10%

34%

14%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swaledale is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swaledale are

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

Jobs based in Swaledale

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Swaledale residents hold

58 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+67%

Jobs based in Swaledale, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 30. 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.