Work & commute · Gilman

Work & commute in Gilman, IA

Most working residents leave Gilman for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Marshalltown (34%), Grinnell (7%) and Des Moines (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 291 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 290 Gilman residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilman.

290live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilman goes to work

Marshalltown12.3 mi away

34%98

Grinnell10.4 mi away

7%20

Des Moines47.4 mi away

6%17

Cedar Rapids57.3 mi away

4%12

Le Grand8.9 mi away

3%10

Ames44 mi away

3%8

West Des Moines56 mi away

2%7

Waterloo47.9 mi away

2%7

Cedar Falls47.4 mi away

2%6

Laurel6.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%101

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

How far

How far Gilman commutes

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

46%

23%

9%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilman is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilman are

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

Jobs based in Gilman

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Gilman residents hold

291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−10%

Jobs based in Gilman, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 72. 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.