Work & commute · Lytton

Work & commute in Lytton, IA

Most working residents leave Lytton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sac City (26%), Storm Lake (8%) and Lake View (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 111 Lytton residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lytton.

111live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lytton goes to work

Sac City7 mi away

26%30

Storm Lake22.9 mi away

8%9

Lake View12.2 mi away

7%8

Carroll24.4 mi away

6%7

Lytton (in town)right here

5%6

Fort Dodge35.4 mi away

5%6

Des Moines87.1 mi away

5%6

Omaha, NE101 mi away

3%4

Rockwell City12 mi away

3%3

Sioux City78.1 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%35

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

How far

How far Lytton commutes

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

34%

28%

10%

27%

34%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lytton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lytton are

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

Jobs based in Lytton

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Lytton residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+6%

Jobs based in Lytton, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 130. 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.