Work & commute · Toledo

Work & commute in Toledo, IA

Most working residents leave Toledo for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Tama (15%), Marshalltown (10%) and Des Moines (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

125 of 1,159 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 1,034 Toledo residents head out of town to work, 125 work right here, and 875 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Toledo.

1,034live here, work elsewhere

125live and work here

875work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Toledo goes to work

Tama1.8 mi away

15%172

Toledo (in town)right here

11%125

Marshalltown17 mi away

10%112

Des Moines60.4 mi away

5%53

Grinnell19.1 mi away

3%39

Cedar Rapids46.3 mi away

3%38

Newton31.2 mi away

2%21

Ankeny55.5 mi away

2%20

Waterloo36.6 mi away

2%19

Ames53.5 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%542

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

How far

How far Toledo commutes

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

38%

18%

14%

30%

38%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Toledo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Toledo are

1,000 jobs are based in Toledo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Toledo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Toledo

1,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Toledo residents hold

1,159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−14%

Jobs based in Toledo, 2013 → 2023: 1,157 → 1,000. 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.