Work & commute · Akron

Work & commute in Akron, IA

Most working residents leave Akron for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Le Mars (19%), Sioux City (14%) and Hawarden (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

137 of 779 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 642 Akron residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 655 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Akron.

642live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

655work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Akron goes to work

Le Mars19.7 mi away

19%148

Akron (in town)right here

18%137

Sioux City24.4 mi away

14%109

Hawarden12.6 mi away

4%30

Orange City28.1 mi away

3%22

Sioux Center26 mi away

2%18

Rock Valley29.3 mi away

2%12

West Des Moines167.2 mi away

1%11

Craig13.4 mi away

1%9

Elk Point, SD11.8 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%275

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

How far

How far Akron commutes

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

20%

41%

18%

22%

20%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Akron is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Akron are

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

Jobs based in Akron

792 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Akron residents hold

779 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+16%

Jobs based in Akron, 2013 → 2023: 681 → 792. 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.