Work & commute · Tingley

Work & commute in Tingley, IA

Most working residents leave Tingley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Ayr (14%), Creston (12%) and Diagonal (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 56 Tingley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tingley.

56live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tingley goes to work

Mount Ayr9.8 mi away

14%8

Creston16.8 mi away

12%7

Diagonal8.2 mi away

5%3

Afton12.1 mi away

5%3

Osceola24.8 mi away

5%3

Des Moines58.3 mi away

4%2

Springfield, IL250.7 mi away

2%1

Tingley (in town)right here

2%1

Prairie City71.4 mi away

2%1

Lenox19 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%27

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

How far

How far Tingley commutes

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

28%

42%

26%

28%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tingley is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tingley are

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

Jobs based in Tingley

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Tingley residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−55%

Jobs based in Tingley, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 10. 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.