Work & commute · Saylorville

Work & commute in Saylorville, IA

Most working residents leave Saylorville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (27%), Ankeny (17%) and West Des Moines (12%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,638 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,607 Saylorville residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 3,412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saylorville.

1,607live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

3,412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saylorville goes to work

Des Moines7.6 mi away

27%436

Ankeny3.7 mi away

17%276

West Des Moines12 mi away

12%201

Urbandale8.4 mi away

6%97

Johnston5 mi away

4%69

Ames23.8 mi away

3%42

Altoona7.9 mi away

2%38

Saylorville (in town)right here

2%31

Grimes9 mi away

1%21

Clive10.1 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%407

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

How far

How far Saylorville commutes

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

70%

18%

70%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saylorville is a job hub

2.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Saylorville are

3,443 jobs are based in Saylorville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saylorville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saylorville

3,443 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Saylorville residents hold

1,638 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+48%

Jobs based in Saylorville, 2013 → 2023: 2,321 → 3,443. 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.