Work & commute · Pacific Junction

Work & commute in Pacific Junction, IA

Most working residents leave Pacific Junction for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Omaha (22%), Glenwood (20%) and Council Bluffs (15%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 41 Pacific Junction residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pacific Junction.

41live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pacific Junction goes to work

Omaha, NE21.5 mi away

22%9

Glenwood3.6 mi away

20%8

Council Bluffs15.3 mi away

15%6

Shenandoah28.6 mi away

5%2

Emerson20.7 mi away

2%1

Malvern11.3 mi away

2%1

Indianola118.6 mi away

2%1

Iowa City225.8 mi away

2%1

Cedar Rapids223 mi away

2%1

Sioux City106.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%10

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

How far

How far Pacific Junction commutes

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

28%

48%

10%

15%

28%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pacific Junction is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pacific Junction are

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

Jobs based in Pacific Junction

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Pacific Junction residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−9%

Jobs based in Pacific Junction, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 20. 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.