Work & commute · Maxwell

Work & commute in Maxwell, IA

Most working residents leave Maxwell for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ames (22%), Des Moines (12%) and Nevada (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 386 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 376 Maxwell residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 140 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maxwell.

376live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

140work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maxwell goes to work

Ames14.9 mi away

22%83

Des Moines24.6 mi away

12%47

Nevada9.5 mi away

9%35

Ankeny15.3 mi away

7%27

West Des Moines30.8 mi away

3%11

Maxwell (in town)right here

3%10

Collins4.6 mi away

2%8

Colo9.4 mi away

2%8

Clive28.4 mi away

2%7

Cedar Rapids88.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%143

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

How far

How far Maxwell commutes

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

19%

55%

13%

14%

19%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maxwell 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 Maxwell are

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

Jobs based in Maxwell

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Maxwell residents hold

386 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−1%

Jobs based in Maxwell, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 150. 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.