Work & commute · Crescent

Work & commute in Crescent, IA

Most working residents leave Crescent for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (34%), Council Bluffs (22%) and Missouri Valley (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 302 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 301 Crescent residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crescent.

301live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crescent goes to work

Omaha, NE12.3 mi away

34%104

Council Bluffs8.9 mi away

22%66

Missouri Valley13.6 mi away

3%8

Des Moines117.3 mi away

2%6

West Des Moines108.3 mi away

2%5

Underwood9.2 mi away

1%4

Cedar Rapids219.7 mi away

1%4

Bellevue, NE15.8 mi away

1%4

Chalco, NE19.1 mi away

1%4

Denison52 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%94

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

How far

How far Crescent commutes

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

24%

51%

21%

24%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crescent is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crescent are

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

Jobs based in Crescent

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Crescent residents hold

302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−21%

Jobs based in Crescent, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 50. 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.