Work & commute · Lambs Grove

Work & commute in Lambs Grove, IA

Most working residents leave Lambs Grove for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Newton (28%), Des Moines (13%) and Grinnell (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 80 Lambs Grove residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lambs Grove.

80live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lambs Grove goes to work

Newton2 mi away

28%22

Des Moines28.8 mi away

13%10

Grinnell18.4 mi away

5%4

West Des Moines37.7 mi away

5%4

Chariton48.7 mi away

3%2

Pella22.1 mi away

3%2

Altoona21 mi away

3%2

Coralville76.5 mi away

3%2

Ames35.8 mi away

3%2

Ankeny27 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%28

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

How far

How far Lambs Grove commutes

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

30%

14%

41%

15%

30%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lambs Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lambs Grove are

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

Jobs based in Lambs Grove

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Lambs Grove residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−10%

Jobs based in Lambs Grove, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 62. 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.