Work & commute · Patterson

Work & commute in Patterson, IA

Most working residents leave Patterson for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (27%), West Des Moines (23%) and Winterset (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 79 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 79 Patterson residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patterson.

79live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patterson goes to work

Des Moines20.8 mi away

27%21

West Des Moines14.8 mi away

23%18

Winterset7 mi away

6%5

Indianola16.2 mi away

6%5

Urbandale20.5 mi away

3%2

Marshalltown69 mi away

3%2

Martensdale7.4 mi away

1%1

Truro9.7 mi away

1%1

Earlham16.2 mi away

1%1

Mitchellville34.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%22

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

How far

How far Patterson commutes

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

14%

66%

13%

14%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patterson is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Patterson are

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

Jobs based in Patterson

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Patterson residents hold

79 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+271%

Jobs based in Patterson, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 26. 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.