Work & commute · Garden Grove

Work & commute in Garden Grove, IA

Most working residents leave Garden Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Osceola (29%), Leon (19%) and Des Moines (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 62 Garden Grove residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garden Grove.

62live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garden Grove goes to work

Osceola17.2 mi away

29%18

Leon9.8 mi away

19%12

Des Moines51.5 mi away

6%4

Lamoni22.2 mi away

5%3

Cedar Rapids127.1 mi away

5%3

West Des Moines50.8 mi away

5%3

Ottumwa63.2 mi away

3%2

Urbandale56.7 mi away

3%2

Springfield, IL220.7 mi away

2%1

Humeston6.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%14

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

How far

How far Garden Grove commutes

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

22%

40%

32%

22%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garden Grove is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garden Grove are

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

Jobs based in Garden Grove

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities89%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Garden Grove residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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.