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Work & commute in Neola, IA

Most working residents leave Neola for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (21%), Council Bluffs (20%) and Underwood (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
18 of 417 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 399 Neola residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Neola.

399live here, work elsewhere
18live and work here
105work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Neola goes to work

PersiaMindenNeolaLoganUnderwoodWoodbineOaklandShelbyAvocaHarlanCouncil BluffsAmesWest Des MoinesLa VistaOmahaOmahaCouncil BluffsUnderwoodMindenShelbyWest Des MoinesLa VistaAvocaHarlanNeola
1
Omaha, NE26.1 mi away
21%86
2
Council Bluffs19.2 mi away
20%85
3
Neola (in town)right here
4%18
4
Underwood6 mi away
4%15
5
Minden4.1 mi away
2%7
6
Shelby9.5 mi away
2%7
7
West Des Moines95.3 mi away
2%7
8
La Vista, NE29.8 mi away
2%7
9
Avoca14.7 mi away
1%5
10
Harlan20.4 mi away
1%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%175

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

How far

How far Neola commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
30%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Neola is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Neola are

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

Jobs based in Neola

123 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)54%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)33%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Neola residents hold

417 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+62%

Jobs based in Neola, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 123. 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.

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