Work & commute · Avoca

Work & commute in Avoca, IA

Most working residents leave Avoca for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (10%), Harlan (10%) and Council Bluffs (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

117 of 733 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 616 Avoca residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 542 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avoca.

616live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

542work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avoca goes to work

Avoca (in town)right here

16%117

Omaha, NE40.1 mi away

10%76

Harlan11.5 mi away

10%75

Council Bluffs31.7 mi away

10%73

Shelby6 mi away

7%50

Oakland12.1 mi away

3%22

Walnut6.1 mi away

3%22

Des Moines89.5 mi away

2%18

Atlantic17.5 mi away

2%17

Panama18.3 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%249

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

How far

How far Avoca commutes

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

29%

24%

28%

20%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avoca is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Avoca are

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

Jobs based in Avoca

659 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Avoca residents hold

733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+5%

Jobs based in Avoca, 2013 → 2023: 626 → 659. 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.