Hamburg Public Library · Photo: Ammodramus · CC0Earning a living in Hamburg
Only 7% work in Hamburg itself; outside it, Omaha draws the most (14%, 50 miles). 2% of workers have no commute at all (Iowa 11%). Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Iowa 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Hamburg
Hamburg’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hamburg is Omaha, NE, 50 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (61) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Hamburg workers cross into Nebraska
28% of Hamburg workers work outside Iowa, most of them in Nebraska, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Hamburg makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Hamburg are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hamburg residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
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 428 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Hamburg, by distance
About 28% 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.
The places Hamburg commutes to
Where Hamburg clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 43% of Hamburg’s jobs are in goods
318 jobs are based in Hamburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hamburg, 2013 → 2023: 266 → 318. 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 Hamburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Hamburg, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 396 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 286 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Hamburg on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.74 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.
About 22 minutes each way, longer than most of Iowa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hamburg workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 2% 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.
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 Hamburg: questions
What is the median household income in Hamburg?
$60,000 (±$6,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hamburg?
4.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hamburg?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hamburg work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (14%, 50 mi), Council Bluffs (9%, 45 mi), Nebraska City (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hamburg 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 Hamburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hamburg
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.