Tremaine Bridge · Photo: Ann Sullivan-Larson · CC BY-SA 3.0Kamrar has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Kamrar; the top destination outside it is Webster City (33%, 7 miles). There are 30 jobs in Kamrar; 72 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, where Iowa has 20 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Kamrar, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Kamrar on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Kamrar to work: where people go
Where Kamrar clocks in
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.
In Kamrar, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kamrar, 2014 → 2024: 27 → 30. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kamrar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Kamrar
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kamrar workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 9% 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.
The distance from Kamrar to work
About 17% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Kamrar: questions
What is the median household income in Kamrar?
$48,750 (±$11,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kamrar?
9.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kamrar?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kamrar work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Webster City (33%, 7 mi), Ames (8%, 26 mi), Story City (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kamrar without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kamrar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kamrar
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.