Work & commute · Garden

Work & commute in Garden, IA

Most working residents leave Garden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa Falls (15%), Alden (13%) and Ames (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 39 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 39 Garden residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garden.

39live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garden goes to work

Iowa Falls20 mi away

15%6

Alden18.4 mi away

13%5

Ames19.1 mi away

10%4

Ankeny37.1 mi away

8%3

Story City10.6 mi away

5%2

State Center19.8 mi away

3%1

Gilbert16 mi away

3%1

Hubbard6.3 mi away

3%1

West Burlington151.2 mi away

3%1

Grinnell49.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%14

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

How far

How far Garden commutes

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

59%

26%

13%

3%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garden is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garden are

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

Jobs based in Garden

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Garden residents hold

39 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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.