Matlock has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Working residents average 18 minutes each way, where Iowa has 20 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Matlock report 7 jobs; 44 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Matlock for work; outside it, Orange City is the main destination (14%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Matlock for work, and who comes in
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39 people are in Matlock on a workday afternoon, 49% 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 people from Matlock work
Where Matlock clocks in
11% 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.
Making and building: 57% of jobs based in Matlock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Matlock, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 7. 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 Matlock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Matlock spends getting to work: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Matlock workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 67 commuters (the 16% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Matlock
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 Matlock: questions
What is the median household income in Matlock?
$83,365 (±$9,442) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Matlock?
1.4%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Matlock?
18 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Matlock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orange City (14%, 18 mi), Sheldon (11%, 6 mi), Sioux Center (11%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Matlock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Matlock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Matlock
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.