Work & commute · Eldora

Work & commute in Eldora, IA

About one in 4 of Eldora’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Iowa Falls (7%), Marshalltown (4%) and Des Moines (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

291 of 1,106 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 815 Eldora residents head out of town to work, 291 work right here, and 983 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eldora.

815live here, work elsewhere

291live and work here

983work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eldora goes to work

Eldora (in town)right here

26%291

Iowa Falls13.8 mi away

7%76

Marshalltown24.7 mi away

4%49

Des Moines60.4 mi away

4%48

Waterloo39.3 mi away

3%36

Ames35.2 mi away

3%35

Cedar Falls34.8 mi away

3%33

West Des Moines66 mi away

2%27

Cedar Rapids77.8 mi away

2%22

Hubbard10.9 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%473

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

How far

How far Eldora commutes

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

29%

18%

20%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eldora is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eldora are

1,274 jobs are based in Eldora. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eldora’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eldora

1,274 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Eldora residents hold

1,106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−4%

Jobs based in Eldora, 2013 → 2023: 1,322 → 1,274. 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.