Work & commute · Beacon

Work & commute in Beacon, IA

Most working residents leave Beacon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Oskaloosa (31%), Eddyville (4%) and Pella (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 190 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 190 Beacon residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beacon.

190live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beacon goes to work

Oskaloosa2.4 mi away

31%58

Eddyville8.5 mi away

4%7

Pella15.1 mi away

4%7

Ottumwa22.1 mi away

3%6

Des Moines52.3 mi away

3%6

Albia18.4 mi away

2%4

Iowa City65.1 mi away

2%3

Marshalltown53.7 mi away

2%3

Cedar Rapids70.3 mi away

2%3

Washington51.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%91

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

How far

How far Beacon commutes

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

41%

23%

11%

25%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beacon is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beacon are

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

Jobs based in Beacon

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Beacon residents hold

190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−56%

Jobs based in Beacon, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 7. 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.