Most of Klemme commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Klemme has 20 jobs, and 218 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Klemme; the top destination outside it is Forest City (17%, 17 miles). For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Iowa as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Klemme: the gist
Klemme is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Klemme, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Klemme has about 230 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Klemme and Forest City trade workers both ways
Forest City is the top workplace for Klemme residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Klemme come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Klemme workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 38 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 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Klemme by day
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Klemme on a workday afternoon, 47% 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 Klemme’s working residents head each day
Where Klemme clocks in
17% of workers
14% of workers
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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Klemme
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Klemme workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 256 commuters (the 5% 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.
65% of the jobs in Klemme pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Klemme, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 20. 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 Klemme’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Klemme’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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 Klemme: questions
What is the median household income in Klemme?
$59,256 (±$1,687) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Klemme?
13.4%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Klemme?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Klemme work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Forest City (17%, 17 mi), Garner (14%, 6 mi), Mason City (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Klemme 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 Klemme, from the people who make the trip.
More of Klemme
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.