Work & commute · Sully

Work & commute in Sully, IA

Most working residents leave Sully for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Grinnell (10%), Pella (9%) and Lynnville (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

45 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 382 Sully residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sully.

382live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sully goes to work

Sully (in town)right here

11%45

Grinnell12.6 mi away

10%43

Pella12.5 mi away

9%37

Lynnville3.1 mi away

8%36

Newton12.9 mi away

8%34

Des Moines39.5 mi away

4%15

Ankeny40.4 mi away

3%12

Urbandale48.4 mi away

2%8

West Des Moines48.4 mi away

2%8

Marshalltown31.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%183

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

How far

How far Sully commutes

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

28%

38%

20%

14%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sully is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sully are

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

Jobs based in Sully

371 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Sully residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+4%

Jobs based in Sully, 2013 → 2023: 358 → 371. 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.