Work & commute · Ricketts

Work & commute in Ricketts, IA

Most working residents leave Ricketts for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Denison (23%), Schleswig (8%) and Council Bluffs (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 62 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 62 Ricketts residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ricketts.

62live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ricketts goes to work

Denison13.8 mi away

23%14

Schleswig7.5 mi away

8%5

Council Bluffs63.3 mi away

5%3

Sioux City48.8 mi away

5%3

Omaha, NE64.7 mi away

5%3

Ida Grove15.8 mi away

3%2

Orange City65.1 mi away

3%2

Carroll36.6 mi away

3%2

Meriden, CT1170 mi away

2%1

Dow City14.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%26

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

How far

How far Ricketts commutes

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

13%

38%

16%

33%

13%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ricketts is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ricketts are

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

Jobs based in Ricketts

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Ricketts residents hold

62 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

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.