Work & commute · Runnells

Work & commute in Runnells, IA

Most working residents leave Runnells for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (35%), West Des Moines (12%) and Ankeny (10%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 178 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 177 Runnells residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Runnells.

177live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Runnells goes to work

Des Moines13.5 mi away

35%63

West Des Moines21.9 mi away

12%21

Ankeny19.4 mi away

10%18

Altoona11.2 mi away

6%10

Urbandale23.2 mi away

4%8

Pleasant Hill9.4 mi away

3%6

Ames37.7 mi away

3%5

Waukee27.5 mi away

2%3

Windsor Heights19.2 mi away

1%2

Pleasantville10 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%40

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

How far

How far Runnells commutes

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

78%

7%Under 10 mi

78%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Runnells is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Runnells are

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

Jobs based in Runnells

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Runnells residents hold

178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+43%

Jobs based in Runnells, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 10. 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.