Work & commute · Green Mountain

Work & commute in Green Mountain, IA

Most working residents leave Green Mountain for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marshalltown (40%), Ames (8%) and West Des Moines (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 59 Green Mountain residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Mountain.

59live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Mountain goes to work

Marshalltown6.4 mi away

40%24

Ames41.4 mi away

8%5

West Des Moines62.5 mi away

5%3

Albion8.7 mi away

3%2

Hubbard28.4 mi away

3%2

Altoona46.1 mi away

3%2

Des Moines54.7 mi away

3%2

Conrad8.8 mi away

2%1

Fayette72.8 mi away

2%1

Denver46.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%17

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

How far

How far Green Mountain commutes

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

48%

25%

22%

48%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Mountain is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Green Mountain

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Green Mountain residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+34%

Jobs based in Green Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 59. 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.