Work & commute · Rake

Work & commute in Rake, IA

Most working residents leave Rake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Forest City (17%), Buffalo Center (16%) and Titonka (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 82 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 82 Rake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rake.

82live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rake goes to work

Forest City21 mi away

17%14

Buffalo Center6.4 mi away

16%13

Titonka17.9 mi away

6%5

Lake Mills20 mi away

4%3

Fort Dodge68.3 mi away

4%3

Thompson10.6 mi away

2%2

Webster City70.5 mi away

2%2

Coralville170.6 mi away

2%2

Des Moines132.8 mi away

2%2

Mattoon, IL398.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%35

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

How far

How far Rake commutes

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

22%

45%

28%

22%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rake is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rake are

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

Jobs based in Rake

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Rake residents hold

82 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+131%

Jobs based in Rake, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 30. 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.