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Work & commute · Grand Junction

Work & commute in Grand Junction, IA

Most working residents leave Grand Junction for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson (20%), Perry (5%) and Paton (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
15 of 324 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 309 Grand Junction residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Junction.

309live here, work elsewhere
15live and work here
94work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Grand Junction goes to work

HalburPatonCallenderRippeyGrand JunctionWall LakeOgdenPerryJeffersonBooneFort DodgeOttumwaAmesDes MoinesWest Des MoinesOmahaJeffersonPerryPatonFort DodgeWest Des MoinesOmahaAmesBooneDes MoinesGrand Junction
1
Jefferson7.4 mi away
20%66
2
Perry15.4 mi away
5%17
3
Grand Junction (in town)right here
5%15
4
Paton9.1 mi away
4%13
5
Fort Dodge33.1 mi away
3%11
6
West Des Moines40.8 mi away
3%10
7
Omaha, NE107.8 mi away
3%9
8
Ames31.6 mi away
2%8
9
Boone18.7 mi away
2%7
10
Des Moines45.3 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%161

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

How far

How far Grand Junction commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
28%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Junction is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Junction are

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

Jobs based in Grand Junction

109 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities70%
Services (health, schools, offices…)30%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Grand Junction residents hold

324 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−31%

Jobs based in Grand Junction, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 109. 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.

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