Work & commute · Montezuma

Work & commute in Montezuma, IA

About one in 5 of Montezuma’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grinnell (14%), Brooklyn (3%) and Des Moines (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

137 of 667 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 530 Montezuma residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 818 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montezuma.

530live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

818work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montezuma goes to work

Montezuma (in town)right here

21%137

Grinnell14.6 mi away

14%91

Brooklyn11.1 mi away

3%22

Des Moines55.9 mi away

3%19

Cedar Rapids51.1 mi away

3%18

Oskaloosa20.9 mi away

2%16

Iowa City51.7 mi away

2%14

West Des Moines64.8 mi away

2%13

Williamsburg27.2 mi away

2%11

Waterloo63.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%315

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

How far

How far Montezuma commutes

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

25%

32%

12%

31%

25%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montezuma is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montezuma are

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

Jobs based in Montezuma

955 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Montezuma residents hold

667 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−21%

Jobs based in Montezuma, 2013 → 2023: 1,209 → 955. 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.