Work & commute · Meservey

Work & commute in Meservey, IA

Most working residents leave Meservey for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mason City (30%), Rockwell (9%) and Clear Lake (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 110 Meservey residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meservey.

110live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meservey goes to work

Mason City21.1 mi away

30%33

Rockwell15.1 mi away

9%10

Clear Lake16 mi away

7%8

Sheffield13.5 mi away

5%5

Belmond8.3 mi away

4%4

Des Moines93.1 mi away

3%3

Swaledale9 mi away

2%2

Thornton4.8 mi away

2%2

Britt20.9 mi away

2%2

New Hampton59.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%39

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

How far

How far Meservey commutes

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

59%

26%

7%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meservey is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meservey are

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

Jobs based in Meservey

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less75%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Meservey residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−75%

Jobs based in Meservey, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 4. 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.