Work & commute · Aurelia

Work & commute in Aurelia, IA

Most working residents leave Aurelia for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Cherokee (18%), Storm Lake (17%) and Sioux City (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 496 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 468 Aurelia residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aurelia.

468live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aurelia goes to work

Cherokee6.4 mi away

18%90

Storm Lake13.1 mi away

17%82

Aurelia (in town)right here

6%28

Sioux City50.7 mi away

5%23

Alta7.3 mi away

4%20

Holstein16.5 mi away

4%18

Des Moines122.3 mi away

3%16

Fort Dodge65.6 mi away

3%14

Omaha, NE105.1 mi away

2%10

Le Mars37.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%186

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

How far

How far Aurelia commutes

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

32%

27%

10%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aurelia is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aurelia are

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

Jobs based in Aurelia

238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Aurelia residents hold

496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−27%

Jobs based in Aurelia, 2013 → 2023: 327 → 238. 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.