McKenzie, Erza, Round Barn · Photo: Kevin Schuchmann · CC BY-SA 3.0Hazleton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Employers in Hazleton report 48 jobs, against 241 working residents. Hardly any work in Hazleton itself; outside it, Waterloo draws the most (15%, 24 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers (Iowa 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hazleton, in a few figures
Hazleton is a place people come home to
There are 48 jobs based in Hazleton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hazleton has about 520 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hazleton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hazleton is Waterloo, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (35) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Hazleton
On a workday 239 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Hazleton on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where in the region Hazleton works
About 26% 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.
Where Hazleton goes to work
Where Hazleton clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Hazleton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hazleton, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 48. 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 Hazleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Hazleton takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hazleton workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 268 commuters (the 3% 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 Hazleton: questions
What is the median household income in Hazleton?
$51,964 (±$9,423) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hazleton?
14.9%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hazleton?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hazleton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterloo (15%, 24 mi), Oelwein (12%, 4 mi), Independence (12%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hazleton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hazleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hazleton
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.