Work & commute · Lenox

Work & commute in Lenox, IA

About one in 3 of Lenox’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Creston (12%), Clearfield (3%) and Des Moines (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

209 of 557 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 348 Lenox residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lenox.

348live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lenox goes to work

Lenox (in town)right here

38%209

Creston15.9 mi away

12%65

Clearfield6.9 mi away

3%18

Des Moines68.5 mi away

2%12

Corning12.1 mi away

2%11

Pella92.7 mi away

2%9

West Des Moines61.2 mi away

1%8

Mount Ayr20.4 mi away

1%7

Clarinda26.8 mi away

1%6

Winterset42.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%206

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

How far

How far Lenox commutes

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

42%

22%

28%

42%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lenox is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lenox are

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

Jobs based in Lenox

936 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Lenox residents hold

557 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+53%

Jobs based in Lenox, 2013 → 2023: 610 → 936. 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.