Work & commute · Lamoni

Work & commute in Lamoni, IA

About one in 4 of Lamoni’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Osceola (9%), Leon (7%) and Des Moines (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

176 of 720 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 544 Lamoni residents head out of town to work, 176 work right here, and 546 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lamoni.

544live here, work elsewhere

176live and work here

546work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lamoni goes to work

Lamoni (in town)right here

24%176

Osceola29.7 mi away

9%66

Leon12.4 mi away

7%49

Des Moines67.9 mi away

6%44

West Des Moines64.7 mi away

4%28

Mount Ayr17.4 mi away

3%20

Waterloo153 mi away

2%16

Cedar Rapids149.3 mi away

2%12

Ankeny78.7 mi away

1%9

Indianola54.8 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%292

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

How far

How far Lamoni commutes

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

28%

14%

15%

43%

28%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lamoni is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lamoni are

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

Jobs based in Lamoni

722 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lamoni residents hold

720 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−8%

Jobs based in Lamoni, 2013 → 2023: 787 → 722. 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.