Photo: Mostly Iowa Edits · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Schleswig works elsewhere
Home is the office for 2% of workers, against 11% across Iowa. There are 172 jobs in Schleswig, against 401 working residents. Only 8% work in Schleswig; the top destination outside it is Denison (31%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Schleswig, in a few figures
Schleswig and Denison trade workers both ways
Denison is the top workplace for Schleswig residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Schleswig come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Schleswig workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Schleswig workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 401 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Schleswig commutes to
Where Schleswig clocks in
31% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Iowa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schleswig workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 412 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.
Who works in Schleswig, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 370 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Schleswig on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
A place that makes things: 38% of Schleswig’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schleswig, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 172. 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 Schleswig’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Schleswig
About 29% 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 Schleswig: questions
What is the median household income in Schleswig?
$73,315 (±$3,547) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schleswig?
12.9%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schleswig?
28 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Schleswig work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denison (31%, 11 mi), Ida Grove (5%, 13 mi), Carroll (3%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Schleswig without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schleswig, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schleswig
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.