Work & commute · Rhodes

Work & commute in Rhodes, IA

Most working residents leave Rhodes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Marshalltown (17%), Des Moines (7%) and Urbandale (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 121 Rhodes residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rhodes.

121live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rhodes goes to work

Marshalltown16 mi away

17%20

Des Moines33 mi away

7%8

Urbandale36.7 mi away

5%6

Waterloo57.7 mi away

5%6

Ames23.5 mi away

3%4

Ankeny25.4 mi away

3%4

Nevada15.9 mi away

2%3

Pleasant Hill28.1 mi away

2%3

Altoona24.5 mi away

2%3

Johnston32.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%61

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

How far

How far Rhodes commutes

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

31%

38%

24%

7%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rhodes is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rhodes are

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

Jobs based in Rhodes

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Rhodes residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+400%

Jobs based in Rhodes, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 5. 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.