Work & commute · Dallas Center

Work & commute in Dallas Center, IA

Most working residents leave Dallas Center for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (14%), West Des Moines (12%) and Urbandale (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 939 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 891 Dallas Center residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 569 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dallas Center.

891live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

569work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dallas Center goes to work

Des Moines20.7 mi away

14%132

West Des Moines13.9 mi away

12%114

Urbandale10.9 mi away

7%69

Adel5.5 mi away

5%48

Dallas Center (in town)right here

5%48

Grimes9.2 mi away

5%47

Johnston13.2 mi away

4%41

Ankeny19.8 mi away

4%34

Clive10.6 mi away

3%31

Waukee8.3 mi away

3%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%347

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

How far

How far Dallas Center commutes

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

25%

56%

13%

25%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dallas Center is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dallas Center are

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

Jobs based in Dallas Center

617 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Dallas Center residents hold

939 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−3%

Jobs based in Dallas Center, 2013 → 2023: 636 → 617. 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.