Woolstock has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
2% of workers work from home (Iowa 11%). There are 22 jobs in Woolstock, and 64 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Woolstock for work; outside it, Eagle Grove is the main destination (25%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Woolstock by day and by night
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Woolstock on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Woolstock goes to work
Where Woolstock clocks in
Lines 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.
73% of the jobs in Woolstock pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woolstock, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 22. 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 Woolstock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Woolstock’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woolstock workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Woolstock
About 16% 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 Woolstock: questions
What is the median household income in Woolstock?
$85,000 (±$52,614) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woolstock?
6.1%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woolstock?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woolstock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eagle Grove (25%, 8 mi), Clarion (17%, 13 mi), Goldfield (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Woolstock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woolstock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woolstock
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.