Work & commute · Kellogg

Work & commute in Kellogg, IA

Most working residents leave Kellogg for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Newton (20%), Grinnell (20%) and Des Moines (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 275 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 273 Kellogg residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kellogg.

273live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kellogg goes to work

Newton7 mi away

20%56

Grinnell9.5 mi away

20%55

Des Moines37.7 mi away

8%21

Ankeny35.8 mi away

5%14

Marshalltown21.9 mi away

3%9

Ames42.5 mi away

3%7

West Des Moines46.6 mi away

3%7

Pella21.7 mi away

2%6

Bondurant27.9 mi away

2%6

Urbandale45.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%88

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

How far

How far Kellogg commutes

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

42%

16%

32%

10%

42%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kellogg is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kellogg are

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

Jobs based in Kellogg

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Kellogg residents hold

275 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−29%

Jobs based in Kellogg, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 34. 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.