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Work & commute · Lake View

Work & commute in Lake View, IA

Most working residents leave Lake View for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Sac City (9%), Carroll (9%) and Auburn (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
15%
76 of 491 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 415 Lake View residents head out of town to work, 76 work right here, and 496 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake View.

415live here, work elsewhere
76live and work here
496work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lake View goes to work

AuburnBredaOdeboltWall LakeLake ViewIda GroveRockwell CitySac CityLake CityStorm LakeCarrollFort DodgeDes MoinesOmahaSac CityCarrollAuburnLake CityBredaWall LakeDes MoinesOmahaStorm LakeLake View
1
Lake View (in town)right here
15%76
2
Sac City8.5 mi away
9%43
3
Carroll18.2 mi away
9%42
4
Auburn8.9 mi away
3%16
5
Lake City15.8 mi away
3%15
6
Breda8.7 mi away
2%12
7
Wall Lake3.8 mi away
2%12
8
Des Moines88.9 mi away
2%12
9
Omaha, NE88.9 mi away
2%9
10
Storm Lake24.9 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%246

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

How far

How far Lake View commutes

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

36%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lake View is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake View are

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

Jobs based in Lake View

572 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)53%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)36%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Lake View residents hold

491 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+1%

Jobs based in Lake View, 2013 → 2023: 567 → 572. 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.

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