Work & commute · East Peru

Work & commute in East Peru, IA

Most working residents leave East Peru for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Winterset (21%), Des Moines (16%) and Urbandale (9%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 43 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 43 East Peru residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Peru.

43live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Peru goes to work

Winterset9.2 mi away

21%9

Des Moines29 mi away

16%7

Urbandale29.3 mi away

9%4

West Des Moines23.6 mi away

7%3

Johnston33.8 mi away

5%2

Ankeny38.8 mi away

5%2

Truro4.5 mi away

2%1

Corydon45.5 mi away

2%1

Hiawatha129 mi away

2%1

Algona128.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%12

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

How far

How far East Peru commutes

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

26%

12%

47%

16%

26%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

47%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Peru is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Peru are

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

Jobs based in East Peru

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs East Peru residents hold

43 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month79%

+100%

Jobs based in East Peru, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 4. 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.