Photo: Brandonrush · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Hardy, and the trip to work
Hardly any stay in Hardy for work; outside it, Fort Dodge is the main destination (19%, 22 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole. Hardy has 26 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
Hardy by day and by night
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 27 people are in Hardy on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
Where people from Hardy work
Where Hardy clocks in
19% of workers
15% 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 Hardy
of Hardy 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hardy
About 23% 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 Hardy: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hardy?
10.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hardy work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Dodge (19%, 22 mi), Humboldt (15%, 11 mi), Dakota City (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hardy 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 Hardy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hardy
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.