Work & commute · Guthrie Center

Work & commute in Guthrie Center, IA

Most working residents leave Guthrie Center for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Stuart (9%), West Des Moines (8%) and Panora (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

101 of 641 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 540 Guthrie Center residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 763 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guthrie Center.

540live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

763work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guthrie Center goes to work

Guthrie Center (in town)right here

16%101

Stuart15.4 mi away

9%58

West Des Moines38.1 mi away

8%50

Panora7 mi away

4%28

Johnston40 mi away

4%25

Clive36.3 mi away

2%15

Grimes36 mi away

2%13

Des Moines46.5 mi away

2%12

Omaha, NE85.4 mi away

2%12

Adair14.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%316

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

How far

How far Guthrie Center commutes

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

24%

28%

31%

17%

24%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guthrie Center is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Guthrie Center are

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

Jobs based in Guthrie Center

864 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Guthrie Center residents hold

641 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+13%

Jobs based in Guthrie Center, 2013 → 2023: 764 → 864. 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.