Work & commute · Madrid

Work & commute in Madrid, IA

Most working residents leave Madrid for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ames (14%), Des Moines (13%) and West Des Moines (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

84 of 1,302 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,218 Madrid residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 428 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madrid.

1,218live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

428work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madrid goes to work

Ames14.6 mi away

14%183

Des Moines23.6 mi away

13%170

Madrid (in town)right here

6%84

West Des Moines22.6 mi away

6%81

Boone12.3 mi away

6%76

Ankeny15.1 mi away

5%60

Urbandale16.6 mi away

5%59

Johnston13.6 mi away

3%39

Grimes13.7 mi away

3%38

Woodward5.4 mi away

3%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%477

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

How far

How far Madrid commutes

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

15%

69%

12%

15%Under 10 mi

69%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madrid is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madrid are

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

Jobs based in Madrid

512 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Madrid residents hold

1,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−13%

Jobs based in Madrid, 2013 → 2023: 590 → 512. 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.