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Work & commute · Radcliffe

Work & commute in Radcliffe, IA

Most working residents leave Radcliffe for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa Falls (17%), Ames (12%) and Alden (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
11 of 270 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
39 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 259 Radcliffe residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Radcliffe.

259live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
126work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Radcliffe goes to work

EllsworthRadcliffeGilmore CityAldenHubbardAckleyStory CityJewell JunctionEldoraIowa FallsNevadaAmesCedar RapidsDes MoinesWaterlooIowa FallsAmesAldenDes MoinesStory CityEldoraNevadaWaterlooCedar RapidsRadcliffe
1
Iowa Falls16.3 mi away
17%45
2
Ames22.3 mi away
12%33
3
Alden13.7 mi away
5%13
4
Des Moines52.3 mi away
5%13
5
Radcliffe (in town)right here
4%11
6
Story City12 mi away
4%11
7
Eldora17.3 mi away
4%11
8
Nevada20.8 mi away
3%8
9
Waterloo56.5 mi away
3%8
10
Cedar Rapids93.2 mi away
3%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%110

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

How far

How far Radcliffe commutes

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

8%Under 10 mi
53%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Radcliffe is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Radcliffe are

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

Jobs based in Radcliffe

137 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Radcliffe residents hold

270 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+37%

Jobs based in Radcliffe, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 137. 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.

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