Work & commute · Le Grand

Work & commute in Le Grand, IA

Most working residents leave Le Grand for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Marshalltown (32%), Grinnell (8%) and Des Moines (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 412 Le Grand residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Le Grand.

412live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Le Grand goes to work

Marshalltown7 mi away

32%135

Grinnell19 mi away

8%33

Des Moines52.5 mi away

7%31

Ames43.5 mi away

4%16

Le Grand (in town)right here

4%15

Cedar Rapids56.4 mi away

3%13

Cedar Falls39 mi away

2%8

West Des Moines60.7 mi away

2%8

Gilman8.9 mi away

2%7

Urbandale57.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%154

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

How far

How far Le Grand commutes

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

41%

13%

17%

29%

41%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Le Grand is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Le Grand are

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

Jobs based in Le Grand

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Le Grand residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−35%

Jobs based in Le Grand, 2013 → 2023: 185 → 120. 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.