Work & commute · Macedonia

Work & commute in Macedonia, IA

Most working residents leave Macedonia for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (19%), Council Bluffs (14%) and Oakland (13%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 129 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 126 Macedonia residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Macedonia.

126live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Macedonia goes to work

Omaha, NE32.9 mi away

19%24

Council Bluffs22.4 mi away

14%18

Oakland8.5 mi away

13%17

Carson3 mi away

3%4

Macedonia (in town)right here

2%3

Treynor9.7 mi away

2%3

Avoca20.6 mi away

2%3

Red Oak16.2 mi away

2%3

Denison57 mi away

2%3

Atlantic25.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%48

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

How far

How far Macedonia commutes

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

22%

32%

15%

22%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Macedonia is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Macedonia are

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

Jobs based in Macedonia

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Macedonia residents hold

129 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+20%

Jobs based in Macedonia, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 30. 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.