Work & commute · Alleman

Work & commute in Alleman, IA

Most working residents leave Alleman for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ankeny (21%), Des Moines (18%) and West Des Moines (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 188 Alleman residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alleman.

188live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

298work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alleman goes to work

Ankeny5.8 mi away

21%40

Des Moines16.8 mi away

18%35

West Des Moines20.3 mi away

10%20

Ames14.6 mi away

7%13

Urbandale15.1 mi away

5%10

Bondurant11.6 mi away

3%5

Alleman (in town)right here

2%4

Elkhart4.8 mi away

2%3

Grimes13.6 mi away

2%3

Cambridge7.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%57

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

How far

How far Alleman commutes

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

33%

54%

11%

33%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alleman is a job hub

1.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alleman are

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

Jobs based in Alleman

302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Alleman residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+77%

Jobs based in Alleman, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 302. 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.