Work & commute · Clive

Work & commute in Clive, IA

Most working residents leave Clive for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (25%), West Des Moines (24%) and Urbandale (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

559 of 8,448 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,889 Clive residents head out of town to work, 559 work right here, and 11,209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clive.

7,889live here, work elsewhere

559live and work here

11,209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clive goes to work

Des Moines10.2 mi away

25%2,105

West Des Moines4.4 mi away

24%2,051

Urbandale2 mi away

8%706

Clive (in town)right here

7%559

Ankeny13.2 mi away

4%375

Waukee4.5 mi away

4%359

Johnston6.8 mi away

3%269

Ames30.1 mi away

2%159

Grimes4.5 mi away

2%155

Cedar Rapids112 mi away

1%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%1,620

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

How far

How far Clive commutes

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

67%

17%

12%

67%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clive is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clive are

11,768 jobs are based in Clive. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clive’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clive

11,768 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Clive residents hold

8,448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+2%

Jobs based in Clive, 2013 → 2023: 11,541 → 11,768. 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.