Work & commute · Pilot Mound

Work & commute in Pilot Mound, IA

Most working residents leave Pilot Mound for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ames (23%), Boone (15%) and Des Moines (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 78 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 78 Pilot Mound residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pilot Mound.

78live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pilot Mound goes to work

Ames22.3 mi away

23%18

Boone10.7 mi away

15%12

Des Moines45.6 mi away

6%5

Ogden8.3 mi away

5%4

Nevada29.8 mi away

4%3

Urbandale38.1 mi away

4%3

West Des Moines43.8 mi away

4%3

Iowa City132.5 mi away

3%2

Paton12.1 mi away

1%1

Boyden123.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%26

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

How far

How far Pilot Mound commutes

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

22%

41%

26%

12%

22%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pilot Mound is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pilot Mound are

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

Jobs based in Pilot Mound

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Pilot Mound residents hold

78 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+150%

Jobs based in Pilot Mound, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 10. 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.