Work & commute · Quimby

Work & commute in Quimby, IA

Most working residents leave Quimby for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cherokee (20%), Storm Lake (11%) and Alta (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 119 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 119 Quimby residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quimby.

119live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quimby goes to work

Cherokee9.5 mi away

20%24

Storm Lake22.8 mi away

11%13

Alta17.5 mi away

6%7

Sioux City39 mi away

6%7

Urbandale117.6 mi away

3%3

West Des Moines121.2 mi away

3%3

Omaha, NE96.7 mi away

3%3

Aurelia12 mi away

2%2

Marcus15.7 mi away

2%2

Holstein11.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%53

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

How far

How far Quimby commutes

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

21%

34%

12%

33%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quimby is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Quimby are

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

Jobs based in Quimby

14 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Quimby residents hold

119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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Jobs based in Quimby, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 14. 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.