Work & commute · Packwood

Work & commute in Packwood, IA

Most working residents leave Packwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (36%), Mount Pleasant (4%) and Des Moines (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 75 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 74 Packwood residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Packwood.

74live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Packwood goes to work

Fairfield10.6 mi away

36%27

Mount Pleasant30.3 mi away

4%3

Des Moines84.9 mi away

4%3

Maharishi Vedic City6.5 mi away

3%2

Chariton64.4 mi away

3%2

Newton63.1 mi away

3%2

Ottumwa19.3 mi away

3%2

Peoria, IL131.3 mi away

1%1

Agency15 mi away

1%1

Libertyville12.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%31

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

How far

How far Packwood commutes

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

18%

42%

12%

28%

18%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Packwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Packwood are

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

Jobs based in Packwood

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities92%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Packwood residents hold

75 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−27%

Jobs based in Packwood, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 89. 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.