Work & commute · Carroll

Work & commute in Carroll, IA

45% of Carroll’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (2%), Sioux City (2%) and West Des Moines (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

2,183 of 4,812 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 2,629 Carroll residents head out of town to work, 2,183 work right here, and 3,750 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carroll.

2,629live here, work elsewhere

2,183live and work here

3,750work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carroll goes to work

Carroll (in town)right here

45%2,183

Des Moines73.2 mi away

2%99

Sioux City83.3 mi away

2%95

West Des Moines66.4 mi away

2%83

Denison25.3 mi away

2%78

Ames63.9 mi away

2%74

Glidden7.1 mi away

1%70

Omaha, NE82.9 mi away

1%59

Council Bluffs77 mi away

1%58

Fort Dodge46.5 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,956

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

How far

How far Carroll commutes

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

59%

28%

59%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carroll is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carroll are

5,933 jobs are based in Carroll. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carroll’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carroll

5,933 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Carroll residents hold

4,812 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−11%

Jobs based in Carroll, 2013 → 2023: 6,633 → 5,933. 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.