Work & commute · Corydon

Work & commute in Corydon, IA

About one in 3 of Corydon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (5%), Chariton (4%) and West Des Moines (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

198 of 673 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 475 Corydon residents head out of town to work, 198 work right here, and 816 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corydon.

475live here, work elsewhere

198live and work here

816work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corydon goes to work

Corydon (in town)right here

29%198

Des Moines58.3 mi away

5%33

Chariton17.9 mi away

4%29

West Des Moines59.8 mi away

4%25

Centerville23.4 mi away

4%24

Leon23 mi away

2%13

Ottumwa50.2 mi away

2%11

Ankeny68.8 mi away

1%10

Cedar Rapids119 mi away

1%10

Ames89 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%311

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

How far

How far Corydon commutes

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

42%

14%

38%

42%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corydon is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Corydon are

1,014 jobs are based in Corydon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Corydon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Corydon

1,014 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Corydon residents hold

673 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+15%

Jobs based in Corydon, 2013 → 2023: 884 → 1,014. 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.