Work & commute · Exline

Work & commute in Exline, IA

Most working residents leave Exline for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Centerville (29%), Waterloo (5%) and Allerton (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 81 Exline residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Exline.

81live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Exline goes to work

Centerville5.8 mi away

29%24

Waterloo129.9 mi away

5%4

Allerton27.8 mi away

4%3

Des Moines75.3 mi away

4%3

Kirksville, MO34.2 mi away

4%3

Corydon26 mi away

2%2

Ottumwa33.9 mi away

2%2

Chicago, IL280.2 mi away

1%1

Promise City17.4 mi away

1%1

Exline (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%38

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

How far

How far Exline commutes

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

32%

11%

13%

44%

32%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Exline is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Exline are

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

Jobs based in Exline

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Exline residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+150%

Jobs based in Exline, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 15. 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.