Work & commute · Massena

Work & commute in Massena, IA

Most working residents leave Massena for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Atlantic (21%), Omaha (10%) and Greenfield (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 136 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 130 Massena residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Massena.

130live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Massena goes to work

Atlantic16.4 mi away

21%28

Omaha, NE66.7 mi away

10%14

Massena (in town)right here

4%6

Greenfield16.6 mi away

4%5

Des Moines64.1 mi away

4%5

Anita13.3 mi away

3%4

Harlan39.9 mi away

2%3

Creston24.8 mi away

2%3

Griswold19.2 mi away

1%2

Red Oak28.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%64

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

How far

How far Massena commutes

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

10%

41%

14%

35%

10%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Massena is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Massena are

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

Jobs based in Massena

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Massena residents hold

136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−15%

Jobs based in Massena, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 76. 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.