Work & commute · Ridgeway

Work & commute in Ridgeway, IA

Most working residents leave Ridgeway for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Decorah (27%), Cresco (12%) and Ossian (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 137 Ridgeway residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgeway.

137live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgeway goes to work

Decorah10.4 mi away

27%38

Cresco8.1 mi away

12%17

Ossian15.5 mi away

2%3

Mason City61.7 mi away

2%3

Cedar Rapids93.5 mi away

2%3

Waucoma16.8 mi away

1%2

Ridgeway (in town)right here

1%2

Lime Springs18.1 mi away

1%2

Arnolds Park157.7 mi away

1%2

Postville26 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%65

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

How far

How far Ridgeway commutes

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

33%

12%

22%

33%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgeway is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgeway are

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

Jobs based in Ridgeway

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ridgeway residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−71%

Jobs based in Ridgeway, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 73. 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.