Work & commute · New Sharon

Work & commute in New Sharon, IA

Most working residents leave New Sharon for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pella (20%), Oskaloosa (10%) and Des Moines (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 604 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 587 New Sharon residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Sharon.

587live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Sharon goes to work

Pella14.5 mi away

20%120

Oskaloosa12.3 mi away

10%62

Des Moines50.1 mi away

6%38

Grinnell18.7 mi away

3%21

New Sharon (in town)right here

3%17

Knoxville25.6 mi away

2%11

West Des Moines58.7 mi away

2%11

Urbandale59.5 mi away

2%10

Ottumwa33.1 mi away

1%8

Ankeny52.3 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%298

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

How far

How far New Sharon commutes

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

11%

49%

14%

26%

11%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Sharon is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Sharon are

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

Jobs based in New Sharon

108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs New Sharon residents hold

604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−7%

Jobs based in New Sharon, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 108. 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.