Work & commute · Ackley

Work & commute in Ackley, IA

Most working residents leave Ackley for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa Falls (10%), Eldora (7%) and Waterloo (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

119 of 748 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 629 Ackley residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ackley.

629live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

336work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ackley goes to work

Ackley (in town)right here

16%119

Iowa Falls11.2 mi away

10%76

Eldora13.4 mi away

7%51

Waterloo35.9 mi away

5%38

Marshalltown36.5 mi away

4%27

Des Moines73.5 mi away

3%24

Sheffield24.6 mi away

3%23

Ames46.5 mi away

3%23

Cedar Falls30.5 mi away

3%21

Hampton15.3 mi away

3%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%327

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ackley commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

20%

29%

23%

28%

20%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ackley is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ackley are

455 jobs are based in Ackley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ackley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ackley

455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ackley residents hold

748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−15%

Jobs based in Ackley, 2013 → 2023: 533 → 455. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.