Work & commute · Salix

Work & commute in Salix, IA

Most working residents leave Salix for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sioux City (35%), Sloan (5%) and South Sioux City (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 131 Salix residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salix.

131live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salix goes to work

Sioux City13.6 mi away

35%46

Sloan6.4 mi away

5%7

South Sioux City, NE12.1 mi away

5%7

Sergeant Bluff6.6 mi away

4%5

Le Mars33 mi away

2%3

Smithland19.3 mi away

2%2

Hornick11.5 mi away

2%2

Des Moines147 mi away

2%2

Wakefield, NE29.3 mi away

2%2

Dakota City, NE9.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%54

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

How far

How far Salix commutes

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

31%

41%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salix is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Salix are

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

Jobs based in Salix

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less55%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month5%

Jobs Salix residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+150%

Jobs based in Salix, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 20. 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.