Work & commute · Iowa Falls

Work & commute in Iowa Falls, IA

About one in 3 of Iowa Falls’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ames (4%), Des Moines (3%) and Eldora (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

864 of 2,201 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,337 Iowa Falls residents head out of town to work, 864 work right here, and 2,018 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iowa Falls.

1,337live here, work elsewhere

864live and work here

2,018work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iowa Falls goes to work

Iowa Falls (in town)right here

39%864

Ames38.6 mi away

4%80

Des Moines67.7 mi away

3%77

Eldora13.8 mi away

3%69

Marshalltown38.2 mi away

3%66

Waterloo46.7 mi away

3%58

Cedar Rapids89.8 mi away

2%55

Hampton15.7 mi away

2%53

Cedar Falls41.4 mi away

2%47

West Des Moines72 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%791

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

How far

How far Iowa Falls commutes

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

44%

10%

17%

28%

44%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iowa Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Iowa Falls are

2,882 jobs are based in Iowa Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Iowa Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Iowa Falls

2,882 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Iowa Falls residents hold

2,201 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−10%

Jobs based in Iowa Falls, 2013 → 2023: 3,215 → 2,882. 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.