Work & commute · Dedham

Work & commute in Dedham, IA

Most working residents leave Dedham for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Coon Rapids (25%), Carroll (11%) and Omaha (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 115 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 113 Dedham residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dedham.

113live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dedham goes to work

Coon Rapids7.8 mi away

25%29

Carroll11.4 mi away

11%13

Omaha, NE77.7 mi away

4%5

Jefferson24 mi away

3%3

Fort Dodge53.2 mi away

3%3

Dedham (in town)right here

2%2

Scranton16 mi away

2%2

Manning12.4 mi away

2%2

Council Bluffs70.7 mi away

2%2

Ames62.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%52

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

How far

How far Dedham commutes

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

29%

34%

29%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dedham is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dedham are

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

Jobs based in Dedham

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Dedham residents hold

115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−50%

Jobs based in Dedham, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 14. 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.