Work & commute · Twin Lakes

Work & commute in Twin Lakes, IA

Most working residents leave Twin Lakes for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Dodge (20%), Manson (16%) and Rockwell City (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 107 Twin Lakes residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Twin Lakes.

107live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Twin Lakes goes to work

Fort Dodge23.2 mi away

20%22

Manson5.6 mi away

16%17

Rockwell City5.7 mi away

6%6

Pocahontas17.8 mi away

3%3

Webster City41.4 mi away

3%3

Humboldt26.5 mi away

2%2

Sac City19.2 mi away

2%2

Storm Lake30.9 mi away

2%2

Ankeny73.9 mi away

2%2

Des Moines81.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%48

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

How far

How far Twin Lakes commutes

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

27%

34%

15%

24%

27%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Twin Lakes is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Twin Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Twin Lakes

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Twin Lakes residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−50%

Jobs based in Twin Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 6. 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.