Work & commute · Bouton

Work & commute in Bouton, IA

Most working residents leave Bouton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are West Des Moines (22%), Dallas Center (11%) and Urbandale (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 54 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 54 Bouton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bouton.

54live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bouton goes to work

West Des Moines23.9 mi away

22%12

Dallas Center11.5 mi away

11%6

Urbandale19 mi away

9%5

Des Moines28.2 mi away

9%5

Grimes16.1 mi away

7%4

Clive19.7 mi away

6%3

Ankeny22.7 mi away

6%3

Granger11.9 mi away

4%2

Woodward4.6 mi away

4%2

Adel16.7 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%10

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

How far

How far Bouton commutes

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

72%

9%Under 10 mi

72%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bouton is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bouton are

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

Jobs based in Bouton

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Bouton residents hold

54 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+1100%

Jobs based in Bouton, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 24. 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.