Work & commute · Sigourney

Work & commute in Sigourney, IA

Most working residents leave Sigourney for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Oskaloosa (8%), Ottumwa (4%) and Washington (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

160 of 865 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 705 Sigourney residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sigourney.

705live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sigourney goes to work

Sigourney (in town)right here

18%160

Oskaloosa22.8 mi away

8%68

Ottumwa24.4 mi away

4%38

Washington26.6 mi away

3%25

Des Moines74.6 mi away

2%21

Iowa City41.3 mi away

2%17

Marshalltown60.4 mi away

2%17

Pella37.3 mi away

2%15

Fairfield25.8 mi away

2%14

Keota13.2 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%477

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

How far

How far Sigourney commutes

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

26%

24%

23%

28%

26%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sigourney is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sigourney are

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

Jobs based in Sigourney

829 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Sigourney residents hold

865 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−2%

Jobs based in Sigourney, 2013 → 2023: 850 → 829. 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.