Work & commute · Riceville

Work & commute in Riceville, IA

Most working residents leave Riceville for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Osage (13%), Charles City (4%) and Mason City (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 304 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 279 Riceville residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 282 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riceville.

279live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

282work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riceville goes to work

Osage14.1 mi away

13%38

Riceville (in town)right here

8%25

Charles City21.5 mi away

4%12

Mason City35.8 mi away

4%11

Cresco22 mi away

3%10

Stacyville12.8 mi away

3%9

Elma9.9 mi away

3%9

Austin, MN30.2 mi away

3%9

St. Ansgar18.3 mi away

3%8

New Hampton24.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%166

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

How far

How far Riceville commutes

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

15%

41%

17%

27%

15%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riceville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Riceville are

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

Jobs based in Riceville

307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Riceville residents hold

304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

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Jobs based in Riceville, 2013 → 2023: 307 → 307. 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.