Work & commute · Lockridge

Work & commute in Lockridge, IA

Most working residents leave Lockridge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (35%), Mount Pleasant (5%) and Ottumwa (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110 Lockridge residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lockridge.

110live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lockridge goes to work

Fairfield11.3 mi away

35%39

Mount Pleasant10.8 mi away

5%6

Ottumwa35.1 mi away

5%5

Washington21.2 mi away

4%4

Ames120.2 mi away

3%3

Des Moines104.5 mi away

3%3

Keosauqua21 mi away

2%2

Pella67 mi away

2%2

Urbandale114.3 mi away

2%2

Marshalltown93.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%43

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

How far

How far Lockridge commutes

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

57%

10%

30%

4%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lockridge is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lockridge are

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

Jobs based in Lockridge

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Lockridge residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−42%

Jobs based in Lockridge, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 15. 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.