Photo: Bill Whittaker · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Hedrick commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in Hedrick for work; outside it, Fairfield is the main destination (10%, 21 miles). Hedrick has 77 jobs, against 313 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes (Iowa 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hedrick
The workday shuffle in and out of Hedrick
On a workday 307 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Hedrick on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Hedrick’s working residents head each day
Where Hedrick clocks in
10% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Hedrick: what the 77 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hedrick, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 77. 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 Hedrick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Hedrick: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hedrick workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 309 commuters (the 12% 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.
Miles to work from Hedrick
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.
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 Hedrick: questions
What is the median household income in Hedrick?
$67,500 (±$31,253) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hedrick?
22.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hedrick?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hedrick work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fairfield (10%, 21 mi), Ottumwa (9%, 12 mi), Richland (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hedrick without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hedrick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hedrick
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.