Photo: Mavis Cook /FortepanIowa · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Hubbard, IA
The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average (Iowa 20, U.S. 26). About one in seven work in Hubbard; the top destination outside it is Ames (8%, 25 miles). 4% of workers have no commute at all (Iowa 11%).
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 Hubbard
Hubbard’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hubbard is Ames, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (26) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Hubbard workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 26 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 199 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 318 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Hubbard
About 25% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Hubbard
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hubbard workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 339 commuters (the 4% 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.
A workday in Hubbard: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 276 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Hubbard ends
Where Hubbard clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Hubbard
322 jobs are based in Hubbard.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hubbard, 2013 → 2023: 335 → 322. 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 Hubbard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Hubbard: questions
What is the median household income in Hubbard?
$68,750 (±$9,211) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hubbard?
5.6%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hubbard?
26 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hubbard work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ames (8%, 25 mi), Marshalltown (7%, 28 mi), Eldora (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hubbard 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 Hubbard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hubbard
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.