Work & commute · Sun Valley Lake

Work & commute in Sun Valley Lake, IA

Most working residents leave Sun Valley Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Ayr (12%), Creston (11%) and Diagonal (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 66 Sun Valley Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sun Valley Lake.

66live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sun Valley Lake goes to work

Mount Ayr12.9 mi away

12%8

Creston21.3 mi away

11%7

Diagonal14.6 mi away

8%5

Des Moines55.3 mi away

5%3

West Des Moines50.7 mi away

5%3

Altoona63.2 mi away

3%2

Ottumwa86.7 mi away

3%2

Urbandale56.4 mi away

3%2

Ames84.6 mi away

3%2

Madison, IL258.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%31

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

How far

How far Sun Valley Lake commutes

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

44%

47%

5%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sun Valley Lake is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sun Valley Lake are

19 jobs are based in Sun Valley Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sun Valley Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sun Valley Lake

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Sun Valley Lake residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+58%

Jobs based in Sun Valley Lake, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 19. 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.