Work & commute · Lorimor

Work & commute in Lorimor, IA

Most working residents leave Lorimor for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Creston (20%), Des Moines (7%) and Osceola (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 166 Lorimor residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lorimor.

166live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lorimor goes to work

Creston16.7 mi away

20%34

Des Moines38.5 mi away

7%11

Osceola15.4 mi away

6%10

Afton9.9 mi away

4%6

Winterset15.2 mi away

2%4

Urbandale38 mi away

2%4

West Des Moines32.5 mi away

2%4

Adair39.9 mi away

2%3

Mount Ayr30 mi away

2%3

Johnston42.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%84

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

How far

How far Lorimor commutes

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

39%

30%

22%

9%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lorimor is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lorimor are

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

Jobs based in Lorimor

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Lorimor residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+71%

Jobs based in Lorimor, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 29. 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.