Work & commute · Huxley

Work & commute in Huxley, IA

Most working residents leave Huxley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ames (24%), Des Moines (13%) and Ankeny (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

161 of 2,119 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,958 Huxley residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 1,082 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huxley.

1,958live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

1,082work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huxley goes to work

Ames9.1 mi away

24%500

Des Moines22.4 mi away

13%272

Ankeny11.4 mi away

10%221

Huxley (in town)right here

8%161

West Des Moines25.8 mi away

5%107

Urbandale20.4 mi away

3%71

Nevada10.5 mi away

3%60

Slater5.2 mi away

3%54

Johnston15.7 mi away

2%37

Bondurant15.5 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%610

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

How far

How far Huxley commutes

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

37%

49%

37%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huxley is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Huxley are

1,243 jobs are based in Huxley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huxley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Huxley

1,243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Huxley residents hold

2,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+111%

Jobs based in Huxley, 2013 → 2023: 588 → 1,243. 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.