Work & commute · Whiting

Work & commute in Whiting, IA

Most working residents leave Whiting for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux City (16%), Onawa (13%) and Omaha (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 346 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 330 Whiting residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whiting.

330live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whiting goes to work

Sioux City28.2 mi away

16%57

Onawa7.6 mi away

13%45

Whiting (in town)right here

5%16

Omaha, NE59.9 mi away

3%12

Council Bluffs63.4 mi away

2%8

Des Moines136.2 mi away

2%8

Sloan8.2 mi away

2%7

South Sioux City, NE26.7 mi away

2%6

North Sioux City, SD33.3 mi away

1%5

Ida Grove37.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%178

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

How far

How far Whiting commutes

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

26%

18%

22%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whiting is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whiting are

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

Jobs based in Whiting

186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Whiting residents hold

346 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−38%

Jobs based in Whiting, 2013 → 2023: 299 → 186. 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.