Work & commute · Lake Panorama

Work & commute in Lake Panorama, IA

Most working residents leave Lake Panorama for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Panora (16%), Guthrie Center (7%) and West Des Moines (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 456 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 443 Lake Panorama residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Panorama.

443live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Panorama goes to work

Panora2.9 mi away

16%73

Guthrie Center5.8 mi away

7%33

West Des Moines34.3 mi away

5%21

Perry17.9 mi away

4%19

Grimes31.2 mi away

4%16

Jefferson20.5 mi away

3%15

Johnston35.1 mi away

3%13

Lake Panorama (in town)right here

3%13

Des Moines42.3 mi away

2%10

Omaha, NE91.1 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%233

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

How far

How far Lake Panorama commutes

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

30%

19%

28%

22%

30%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Panorama is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Panorama are

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

Jobs based in Lake Panorama

149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Lake Panorama residents hold

456 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−36%

Jobs based in Lake Panorama, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 149. 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.