Work & commute · Shenandoah

Work & commute in Shenandoah, IA

About one in 3 of Shenandoah’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Clarinda (6%), Council Bluffs (5%) and Omaha (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

807 of 2,136 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,329 Shenandoah residents head out of town to work, 807 work right here, and 1,439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shenandoah.

1,329live here, work elsewhere

807live and work here

1,439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shenandoah goes to work

Shenandoah (in town)right here

38%807

Clarinda17.8 mi away

6%126

Council Bluffs41.5 mi away

5%99

Omaha, NE49.8 mi away

4%94

Red Oak19.3 mi away

3%69

Des Moines107.5 mi away

2%33

Essex6.2 mi away

1%26

Glenwood27.6 mi away

1%21

Sioux City131 mi away

1%20

Hamburg18.3 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%823

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

How far

How far Shenandoah commutes

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

48%

17%

15%

21%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shenandoah is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shenandoah are

2,246 jobs are based in Shenandoah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shenandoah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shenandoah

2,246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Shenandoah residents hold

2,136 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+3%

Jobs based in Shenandoah, 2013 → 2023: 2,182 → 2,246. 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.