Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0How Blanchard works: jobs, income and commuting
0% of workers have no commute at all; Iowa has 11%. Hardly any stay in Blanchard for work; outside it, Clarinda is the main destination (38%, 15 miles). Blanchard has 9 jobs for 8 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Blanchard
On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Blanchard: the destinations
Where Blanchard clocks in
38% of workers
25% of workers
13% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Blanchard works in goods: 67% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blanchard, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 9. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blanchard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Blanchard
of Blanchard workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Blanchard, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Blanchard: questions
What is the median household income in Blanchard?
$56,250 (±$37,824) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blanchard?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Blanchard work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clarinda (38%, 15 mi), Shenandoah (25%, 15 mi), Shambaugh (13%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blanchard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blanchard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blanchard
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.