Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Coburg
0% of workers work from home, where Iowa as a whole has 11%. Hardly any stay in Coburg for work; outside it, Red Oak is the main destination (17%, 7 miles). Coburg has 12 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Coburg, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 12 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17 people are in Coburg on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Coburg to work: where people go
Where Coburg clocks in
17% of workers
17% of workers
8% 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.
Working from home in Coburg
of Coburg workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 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.
How many miles Coburg commutes
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 Coburg: questions
What is the median household income in Coburg?
$33,750 (±$13,300) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coburg?
36.1%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Coburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Oak (17%, 7 mi), Clarinda (17%, 17 mi), Sidney (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coburg 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 Coburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coburg
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.