Work & commute · Panora

Work & commute in Panora, IA

Most working residents leave Panora for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Guthrie Center (5%), Stuart (4%) and Perry (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

63 of 397 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 334 Panora residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Panora.

334live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Panora goes to work

Panora (in town)right here

16%63

Guthrie Center7 mi away

5%19

Stuart13.4 mi away

4%16

Perry17.2 mi away

3%13

West Des Moines31.6 mi away

3%12

Lake Panorama2.9 mi away

3%12

Jefferson22.6 mi away

3%11

Ames44.7 mi away

2%9

Johnston33 mi away

2%8

Omaha, NE92.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%226

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

How far

How far Panora commutes

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

28%

21%

27%

24%

28%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Panora is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Panora are

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

Jobs based in Panora

621 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Panora residents hold

397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+1%

Jobs based in Panora, 2013 → 2023: 617 → 621. 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.