Work & commute · Corning

Work & commute in Corning, IA

About one in 3 of Corning’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Creston (8%), Lenox (5%) and Des Moines (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

204 of 661 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 457 Corning residents head out of town to work, 204 work right here, and 471 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corning.

457live here, work elsewhere

204live and work here

471work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corning goes to work

Corning (in town)right here

31%204

Creston20.1 mi away

8%52

Lenox12.1 mi away

5%36

Des Moines71 mi away

5%30

Greenfield26.1 mi away

2%15

West Des Moines62.9 mi away

2%14

Pella98.9 mi away

2%13

Clarinda23.4 mi away

2%10

Atlantic31.4 mi away

1%9

Cedar Rapids172 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%269

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

How far

How far Corning commutes

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

38%

21%

33%

38%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corning is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Corning are

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

Jobs based in Corning

675 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Corning residents hold

661 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1%

Jobs based in Corning, 2013 → 2023: 671 → 675. 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.