Work & commute · Exira

Work & commute in Exira, IA

Most working residents leave Exira for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic (10%), Audubon (7%) and Omaha (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 332 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 311 Exira residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Exira.

311live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

106work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Exira goes to work

Atlantic15.5 mi away

10%33

Audubon9.1 mi away

7%23

Exira (in town)right here

6%21

Omaha, NE64.8 mi away

6%21

Elk Horn9.3 mi away

4%13

Des Moines65.7 mi away

2%8

West Des Moines56.9 mi away

2%8

Anita11.8 mi away

2%7

Johnston60.1 mi away

2%7

Council Bluffs56 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%184

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

How far

How far Exira commutes

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

24%

22%

11%

43%

24%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Exira is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Exira are

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

Jobs based in Exira

127 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Exira residents hold

332 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−30%

Jobs based in Exira, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 127. 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.