Photo: Billwhittaker at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Denmark has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole. There are 14 jobs in Denmark; 208 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Denmark; the top destination outside it is Fort Madison (20%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Denmark
Denmark is a place people come home to
There are 14 jobs based in Denmark, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Denmark workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Denmark workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 208 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Denmark quiets down on a workday
On a workday 208 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Denmark on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Denmark’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denmark workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 477 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.
Out of Denmark to work: where people go
Where Denmark clocks in
20% of workers
17% of workers
7% 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.
Denmark makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denmark, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 14. 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 Denmark’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Denmark, by distance
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Denmark: questions
What is the median household income in Denmark?
$136,875 (±$95,028) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denmark?
1.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denmark?
29 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Denmark work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Madison (20%, 8 mi), Burlington (17%, 12 mi), West Burlington (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Denmark 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 Denmark, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denmark
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.