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Jobs & commute in Hayfield

Hayfield has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Hayfield has 4 jobs; 22 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Hayfield; the top destination outside it is Garner (23%, 7 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Hayfield: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 22 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

22live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Hayfield goes to work

Buffalo CenterCorwith: 1 residents work here (5%)Garner: 5 residents work here (23%)West Union: 1 residents work here (5%)Forest City: 4 residents work here (18%)Algona: 1 residents work here (5%)Storm Lake: 1 residents work here (5%)Mount Pleasant: 1 residents work here (5%)Clear Lake: 2 residents work here (9%)Altoona: 1 residents work here (5%)Urbandale: 1 residents work here (5%)HayfieldGarnerForest CityClear LakeCorwithWest UnionAlgonaHayfield
1
Garner7.1 mi away
23%5
2
Forest City6.2 mi away
18%4
3
Clear Lake16.5 mi away
9%2
4
Corwith18.7 mi away
5%1
5
West Union96.2 mi away
5%1
6
Algona28 mi away
5%1
7
Storm Lake84.5 mi away
5%1
8
Mount Pleasant188.6 mi away
5%1
9
Altoona106.1 mi away
5%1
10
Urbandale106.6 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%4
The top trips

Where Hayfield clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Hayfield works in goods: 100% of its jobs

Jobs based in HayfieldJobs Hayfield residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%41%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices0%41%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%32%
Over $3,333 a month50%45%

Who does it

29 or younger25%27%
30 to 5450%41%
55 and older25%32%
+0%

Jobs based in Hayfield, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 4. 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 Hayfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

How far Hayfield’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGarner: 23% · 7.1 miForest City: 18% · 6.2 miClear Lake: 9% · 16.5 miCorwith: 5% · 18.7 miWest Union: 5% · 96.2 miAlgona: 5% · 28 miStorm Lake: 5% · 84.5 miMount Pleasant: 5% · 188.6 miAltoona: 5% · 106.1 miUrbandale: 5% · 106.6 miGarner 23%Forest City 18%Clear Lake 9%Corwith 5%Hayfield
HayfieldTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi9 residents
23%10–24 mi5 residents
9%25–50 mi2 residents
27%Over 50 mi6 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hayfield: questions

Where do people who live in Hayfield work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garner (23%, 7 mi), Forest City (18%, 6 mi), Clear Lake (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Hayfield, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Hayfield

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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.