Work & commute · Terril

Work & commute in Terril, IA

Most working residents leave Terril for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Milford (24%), Spirit Lake (19%) and Arnolds Park (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 165 Terril residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Terril.

165live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Terril goes to work

Milford9.3 mi away

24%40

Spirit Lake10.5 mi away

19%32

Arnolds Park8.9 mi away

7%12

Spencer14.4 mi away

7%12

Sioux Falls, SD89.9 mi away

3%5

Sheldon44.9 mi away

2%4

Emmetsburg19.7 mi away

2%3

Sioux City91.1 mi away

2%3

Ruthven12.6 mi away

1%2

Terril (in town)right here

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%52

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

How far

How far Terril commutes

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

35%

37%

10%

19%

35%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Terril is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Terril are

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

Jobs based in Terril

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Terril residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−43%

Jobs based in Terril, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 56. 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.