Earning a living in Elkport
Hardly any work in Elkport; the top destination outside it is Balltown (9%, 22 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Iowa has 11%. No jobs are based in Elkport in the Census job records; 11 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Elkport, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 11 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16 people are in Elkport 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Elkport goes to work
Where Elkport clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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 Elkport
of Elkport workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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 Elkport, by distance
About 36% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Elkport: questions
What is the poverty rate in Elkport?
4.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Elkport work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Balltown (9%, 22 mi), Elkader (9%, 10 mi), Peosta (9%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Elkport 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 Elkport, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elkport
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.