Work & commute · Diamondhead Lake

Work & commute in Diamondhead Lake, IA

Most working residents leave Diamondhead Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Guthrie Center (13%), West Des Moines (9%) and Stuart (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 150 Diamondhead Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Diamondhead Lake.

150live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Diamondhead Lake goes to work

Guthrie Center15.3 mi away

13%19

West Des Moines24.5 mi away

9%14

Stuart4.8 mi away

9%13

Des Moines33.4 mi away

4%6

Adel13.2 mi away

3%4

Omaha, NE95.3 mi away

3%4

Panora11.2 mi away

2%3

Adair20.4 mi away

2%3

Clive23.9 mi away

2%3

Grimes25 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%79

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

How far

How far Diamondhead Lake commutes

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

17%

42%

18%

23%

17%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Diamondhead Lake is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Diamondhead Lake are

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

Jobs based in Diamondhead Lake

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Diamondhead Lake residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+129%

Jobs based in Diamondhead Lake, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 16. 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.