Work & commute · Eddyville

Work & commute in Eddyville, IA

Most working residents leave Eddyville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ottumwa (20%), Oskaloosa (12%) and Des Moines (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 458 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 440 Eddyville residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eddyville.

440live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eddyville goes to work

Ottumwa14.4 mi away

20%93

Oskaloosa9.2 mi away

12%55

Eddyville (in town)right here

4%18

Des Moines58.3 mi away

4%17

Fairfield36.1 mi away

3%14

Pella22.6 mi away

3%14

Marshalltown62.1 mi away

2%10

Knoxville26.9 mi away

2%9

Ankeny63.9 mi away

2%9

Ames78.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%211

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

How far

How far Eddyville commutes

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

16%

39%

13%

31%

16%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eddyville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eddyville are

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

Jobs based in Eddyville

369 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Eddyville residents hold

458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+101%

Jobs based in Eddyville, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 369. 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.