Work & commute · Steamboat Rock

Work & commute in Steamboat Rock, IA

Most working residents leave Steamboat Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ackley (13%), Iowa Falls (11%) and Grundy Center (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 122 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 121 Steamboat Rock residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Steamboat Rock.

121live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Steamboat Rock goes to work

Ackley9.9 mi away

13%16

Iowa Falls12.8 mi away

11%13

Grundy Center15.2 mi away

6%7

Eldora3.7 mi away

6%7

Marshalltown27.1 mi away

4%5

Sheffield34 mi away

3%4

Ankeny54.2 mi away

3%4

Ames38.8 mi away

2%3

Cedar Rapids77.3 mi away

2%3

Wellsburg7.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%58

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

How far

How far Steamboat Rock commutes

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

23%

27%

19%

31%

23%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Steamboat Rock is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Steamboat Rock are

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

Jobs based in Steamboat Rock

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Steamboat Rock residents hold

122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+65%

Jobs based in Steamboat Rock, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 28. 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.