Work & commute · Stuart

Work & commute in Stuart, IA

Most working residents leave Stuart for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Guthrie Center (12%), West Des Moines (7%) and Des Moines (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 744 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 689 Stuart residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 572 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stuart.

689live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

572work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stuart goes to work

Guthrie Center15.4 mi away

12%87

Stuart (in town)right here

7%55

West Des Moines28 mi away

7%50

Des Moines36.9 mi away

6%48

Adel17.5 mi away

3%20

Adair16.9 mi away

3%19

Greenfield15.3 mi away

2%17

Panora13.4 mi away

2%16

Atlantic37.2 mi away

2%15

Grimes29.3 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%403

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

How far

How far Stuart commutes

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

14%

35%

33%

18%

14%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stuart is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stuart are

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

Jobs based in Stuart

627 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Stuart residents hold

744 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+11%

Jobs based in Stuart, 2013 → 2023: 567 → 627. 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.