Work & commute · Anita

Work & commute in Anita, IA

Most working residents leave Anita for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic (28%), Omaha (5%) and Council Bluffs (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 399 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 369 Anita residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anita.

369live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anita goes to work

Atlantic13.7 mi away

28%111

Anita (in town)right here

8%30

Omaha, NE67.9 mi away

5%18

Council Bluffs58.2 mi away

4%15

Adair7.4 mi away

2%8

Des Moines60.5 mi away

2%8

West Des Moines51.5 mi away

2%8

Cedar Rapids163.2 mi away

2%6

Audubon20.7 mi away

1%5

Sioux City110.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%185

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

How far

How far Anita commutes

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

15%

43%

32%

15%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anita is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Anita are

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

Jobs based in Anita

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Anita residents hold

399 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+3%

Jobs based in Anita, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 282. 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.