Work & commute · Scranton

Work & commute in Scranton, IA

Most working residents leave Scranton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Jefferson (16%), Carroll (6%) and Johnston (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 199 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 182 Scranton residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scranton.

182live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scranton goes to work

Jefferson8.7 mi away

16%32

Scranton (in town)right here

9%17

Carroll16.6 mi away

6%11

Johnston48.1 mi away

3%6

Des Moines57.4 mi away

3%6

Omaha, NE93.6 mi away

3%6

Glidden9.5 mi away

3%5

Coon Rapids12 mi away

3%5

Perry26.6 mi away

3%5

Fort Dodge38.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%102

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

How far

How far Scranton commutes

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

31%

17%

19%

33%

31%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scranton is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scranton are

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

Jobs based in Scranton

319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)93%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Scranton residents hold

199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−18%

Jobs based in Scranton, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 319. 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.