Work & commute · Sac

Work & commute in Sac, IA

About one in 4 of Sac’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lake View (8%), Storm Lake (5%) and Lytton (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

283 of 1,047 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 764 Sac residents head out of town to work, 283 work right here, and 578 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sac.

764live here, work elsewhere

283live and work here

578work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sac goes to work

Sac City (in town)right here

27%283

Lake View8.5 mi away

8%88

Storm Lake18.3 mi away

5%50

Lytton7 mi away

4%41

Carroll25.2 mi away

3%32

Fort Dodge42.3 mi away

2%26

Des Moines92.3 mi away

2%24

Lake City17.3 mi away

2%22

Omaha, NE96.8 mi away

2%19

Sioux City71.1 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%445

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

How far

How far Sac commutes

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

42%

16%

13%

28%

42%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sac is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sac are

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

Jobs based in Sac

861 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Sac residents hold

1,047 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−10%

Jobs based in Sac, 2013 → 2023: 961 → 861. 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.