Work & commute · Nevada

Work & commute in Nevada, IA

About one in 4 of Nevada’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ames (33%), Des Moines (6%) and Ankeny (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

764 of 3,286 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,522 Nevada residents head out of town to work, 764 work right here, and 3,116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nevada.

2,522live here, work elsewhere

764live and work here

3,116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nevada goes to work

Ames7.8 mi away

33%1,090

Nevada (in town)right here

23%764

Des Moines31.6 mi away

6%208

Ankeny20.9 mi away

4%126

West Des Moines36.1 mi away

3%88

Story City13.1 mi away

1%45

Cedar Rapids92 mi away

1%39

Urbandale30.8 mi away

1%36

Boone20.8 mi away

1%35

Altoona25.4 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%832

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

How far

How far Nevada commutes

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

53%

18%

10%

53%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nevada is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nevada are

3,880 jobs are based in Nevada. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nevada’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Nevada

3,880 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Nevada residents hold

3,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−1%

Jobs based in Nevada, 2013 → 2023: 3,931 → 3,880. 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.