Work & commute · Rippey

Work & commute in Rippey, IA

Most working residents leave Rippey for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson (16%), Perry (8%) and Paton (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 96 Rippey residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rippey.

96live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rippey goes to work

Jefferson10.9 mi away

16%16

Perry8.6 mi away

8%8

Paton16.2 mi away

5%5

Boone18.6 mi away

5%5

Des Moines39.4 mi away

4%4

Omaha, NE106.4 mi away

4%4

Storm Lake70.6 mi away

3%3

Grimes27.1 mi away

3%3

Fort Dodge39.8 mi away

3%3

Grand Junction7.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%44

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

How far

How far Rippey commutes

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

16%

39%

19%

27%

16%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rippey is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rippey are

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

Jobs based in Rippey

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less57%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month9%

Jobs Rippey residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+15%

Jobs based in Rippey, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 23. 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.