Work & commute · Griswold

Work & commute in Griswold, IA

Most working residents leave Griswold for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic (18%), Omaha (9%) and Council Bluffs (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

68 of 457 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 389 Griswold residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Griswold.

389live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Griswold goes to work

Atlantic12.5 mi away

18%84

Griswold (in town)right here

15%68

Omaha, NE47.5 mi away

9%42

Council Bluffs37.1 mi away

6%29

Red Oak15.8 mi away

4%17

Des Moines82.6 mi away

3%13

Clarinda34.8 mi away

2%9

Oakland14.5 mi away

2%8

Lewis5.7 mi away

1%6

West Des Moines73.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%176

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

How far

How far Griswold commutes

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

22%

34%

24%

20%

22%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Griswold is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Griswold are

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

Jobs based in Griswold

334 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Griswold residents hold

457 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+30%

Jobs based in Griswold, 2013 → 2023: 256 → 334. 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.