Work & commute · Missouri Valley

Work & commute in Missouri Valley, IA

About one in 5 of Missouri Valley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Omaha (24%), Council Bluffs (10%) and Blair (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

269 of 1,198 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 929 Missouri Valley residents head out of town to work, 269 work right here, and 869 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Missouri Valley.

929live here, work elsewhere

269live and work here

869work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Missouri Valley goes to work

Omaha, NE21.9 mi away

24%283

Missouri Valley (in town)right here

22%269

Council Bluffs22.5 mi away

10%116

Blair, NE12.1 mi away

5%63

Township 2, NE11.9 mi away

3%31

Logan8.3 mi away

2%20

Des Moines118.5 mi away

1%14

Lincoln, NE65.5 mi away

1%13

Carter Lake18.7 mi away

1%11

Atlantic47 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%367

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

How far

How far Missouri Valley commutes

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

28%

46%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Missouri Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Missouri Valley are

1,138 jobs are based in Missouri Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Missouri Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Missouri Valley

1,138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Missouri Valley residents hold

1,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−23%

Jobs based in Missouri Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1,481 → 1,138. 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.