Work & commute · Stanton

Work & commute in Stanton, IA

Most working residents leave Stanton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Red Oak (20%), Clarinda (12%) and Villisca (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 278 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 261 Stanton residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanton.

261live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanton goes to work

Red Oak6.7 mi away

20%55

Clarinda17.2 mi away

12%33

Villisca7.3 mi away

7%19

Stanton (in town)right here

6%17

Council Bluffs42.9 mi away

5%13

Shenandoah20.9 mi away

4%12

Omaha, NE53.2 mi away

4%11

Creston38.8 mi away

3%7

Corning19 mi away

1%4

Essex14.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%103

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

How far

How far Stanton commutes

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

43%

23%

14%

20%

43%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanton are

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

Jobs based in Stanton

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Stanton residents hold

278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+14%

Jobs based in Stanton, 2013 → 2023: 185 → 210. 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.