Work & commute · Galva

Work & commute in Galva, IA

Most working residents leave Galva for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Holstein (29%), Storm Lake (8%) and Sioux City (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 227 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 222 Galva residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galva.

222live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galva goes to work

Holstein6.5 mi away

29%65

Storm Lake14.7 mi away

8%18

Sioux City49.5 mi away

7%17

Cherokee18.2 mi away

4%10

Ida Grove11.6 mi away

4%8

West Des Moines106.8 mi away

4%8

Omaha, NE91.9 mi away

4%8

Galva (in town)right here

2%5

Council Bluffs90.5 mi away

2%5

Carroll41.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%79

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

How far

How far Galva commutes

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

34%

23%

14%

30%

34%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galva is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Galva are

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

Jobs based in Galva

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Galva residents hold

227 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−4%

Jobs based in Galva, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 79. 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.