Work & commute · Grand River

Work & commute in Grand River, IA

Most working residents leave Grand River for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lamoni (34%), Osceola (10%) and Des Moines (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 61 Grand River residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand River.

61live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand River goes to work

Lamoni13.9 mi away

34%21

Osceola17.5 mi away

10%6

Des Moines55.2 mi away

7%4

Leon12.1 mi away

5%3

Mount Ayr16.1 mi away

3%2

Ankeny65.8 mi away

3%2

Davenport181.9 mi away

3%2

Greenfield42.4 mi away

2%1

Ralston91.3 mi away

2%1

Milford184.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%18

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

How far

How far Grand River commutes

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

57%

39%

2%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand River is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand River are

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

Jobs based in Grand River

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Grand River residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−50%

Jobs based in Grand River, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 1. 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.