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Work & commute · Sheldahl

Work & commute in Sheldahl, IA

Most working residents leave Sheldahl for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ames (15%), Ankeny (15%) and Des Moines (15%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 171 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
15%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 171 Sheldahl residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheldahl.

171live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
12work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sheldahl goes to work

CollinsSheldahlMitchellvilleHuxleyClivePellaGrimesAltoonaUrbandaleWaukeeJohnstonAmesAnkenyDes MoinesWest Des MoinesAmesAnkenyDes MoinesWest Des MoinesHuxleyUrbandaleCliveJohnstonAltoonaGrimesSheldahl
1
Ames11.8 mi away
15%25
2
Ankeny10.4 mi away
15%25
3
Des Moines20.7 mi away
15%25
4
West Des Moines22.2 mi away
9%15
5
Huxley5.8 mi away
4%7
6
Urbandale16.3 mi away
4%7
7
Clive18.2 mi away
4%6
8
Johnston12 mi away
3%5
9
Altoona18.5 mi away
2%4
10
Grimes14 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%49

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

How far

How far Sheldahl commutes

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

13%Under 10 mi
76%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sheldahl is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheldahl are

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

Jobs based in Sheldahl

12 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)83%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)17%
$1,250 a month or less42%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Sheldahl residents hold

171 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month74%
−14%

Jobs based in Sheldahl, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 12. 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.

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