Most of Rembrandt commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 8 jobs in Rembrandt, against 97 working residents. Only 1% work in Rembrandt; the top destination outside it is Storm Lake (31%, 13 miles). 2% of workers work from home (Iowa 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Rembrandt, and who commutes in
On a workday 96 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Rembrandt on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
The towns that employ Rembrandt’s residents
Where Rembrandt clocks in
31% of workers
7% 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.
Most jobs in Rembrandt are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rembrandt, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 8. 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 Rembrandt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Rembrandt’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rembrandt workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 93 commuters (the 2% 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.
How many miles Rembrandt commutes
About 19% 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 Rembrandt: questions
What is the median household income in Rembrandt?
$58,438 (±$10,516) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rembrandt?
19.7%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rembrandt?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rembrandt work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Storm Lake (31%, 13 mi), Spencer (9%, 22 mi), Sioux Rapids (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rembrandt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rembrandt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rembrandt
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.