Work & commute · Cumming

Work & commute in Cumming, IA

Most working residents leave Cumming for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (32%), West Des Moines (17%) and Norwalk (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 200 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 199 Cumming residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cumming.

199live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cumming goes to work

Des Moines9.9 mi away

32%64

West Des Moines4.6 mi away

17%34

Norwalk3.3 mi away

8%15

Urbandale10.5 mi away

6%11

Indianola13.2 mi away

3%6

Altoona18.5 mi away

3%6

Ankeny19 mi away

3%6

Grimes13.5 mi away

2%4

Waukee9.6 mi away

2%3

Cedar Falls98.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%48

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

How far

How far Cumming commutes

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

49%

36%

12%

49%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cumming is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cumming are

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

Jobs based in Cumming

155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Cumming residents hold

200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+89%

Jobs based in Cumming, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 155. 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.