Work & commute · Mingo

Work & commute in Mingo, IA

Most working residents leave Mingo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (15%), Newton (12%) and Baxter (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 143 Mingo residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mingo.

143live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mingo goes to work

Des Moines21.6 mi away

15%22

Newton13.4 mi away

12%17

Baxter7.8 mi away

8%11

Ankeny16.6 mi away

8%11

Altoona12.9 mi away

4%6

Urbandale27.2 mi away

3%5

West Des Moines29.8 mi away

3%5

Ames25 mi away

3%4

Cedar Rapids83.6 mi away

3%4

Saylorville18.8 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%55

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

How far

How far Mingo commutes

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

12%

60%

21%

12%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mingo is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mingo are

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

Jobs based in Mingo

50 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Mingo residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+92%

Jobs based in Mingo, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 50. 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.