Work & commute · Ollie

Work & commute in Ollie, IA

Most working residents leave Ollie for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ottumwa (14%), Fairfield (8%) and Des Moines (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 82 Ollie residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ollie.

82live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ollie goes to work

Ottumwa21.1 mi away

14%12

Fairfield14.8 mi away

8%7

Des Moines82.8 mi away

6%5

Richland5.2 mi away

4%3

Oskaloosa29.2 mi away

4%3

Marshalltown71.4 mi away

4%3

Sigourney11 mi away

2%2

Centerville52 mi away

2%2

Mount Pleasant32.8 mi away

2%2

Phoenix, AZ1213.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%43

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

How far

How far Ollie commutes

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

37%

17%

37%

8%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ollie is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ollie are

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

Jobs based in Ollie

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Ollie residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−43%

Jobs based in Ollie, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 4. 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.