Work & commute · Malcom

Work & commute in Malcom, IA

Most working residents leave Malcom for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Montezuma (19%), Grinnell (14%) and Cedar Rapids (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 120 Malcom residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Malcom.

120live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Malcom goes to work

Montezuma8.6 mi away

19%23

Grinnell9 mi away

14%17

Cedar Rapids48.5 mi away

4%5

Brooklyn6 mi away

3%4

Marshalltown29 mi away

2%3

West Des Moines64.2 mi away

2%3

Barnes City14.5 mi away

2%2

Marengo25.9 mi away

2%2

Oskaloosa28.9 mi away

2%2

Newton25 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%58

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

How far

How far Malcom commutes

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

40%

12%

25%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Malcom is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Malcom are

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

Jobs based in Malcom

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Malcom residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−14%

Jobs based in Malcom, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 74. 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.