Work & commute · Joice

Work & commute in Joice, IA

Most working residents leave Joice for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mason City (24%), Lake Mills (13%) and Forest City (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 87 Joice residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Joice.

87live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Joice goes to work

Mason City19.8 mi away

24%21

Lake Mills5.2 mi away

13%11

Forest City11.7 mi away

10%9

Northwood13.3 mi away

8%7

Clear Lake16.4 mi away

3%3

Cedar Rapids132.3 mi away

3%3

Albert Lea, MN20.6 mi away

3%3

Garner19.7 mi away

2%2

Osage33 mi away

2%2

Des Moines124 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%24

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

How far

How far Joice commutes

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

18%

56%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Joice is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Joice are

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

Jobs based in Joice

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities77%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Joice residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+173%

Jobs based in Joice, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 30. 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.