Work & commute · Ute

Work & commute in Ute, IA

Most working residents leave Ute for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Onawa (10%), Denison (9%) and Omaha (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 171 Ute residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ute.

171live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ute goes to work

Onawa19.8 mi away

10%18

Denison18.3 mi away

9%15

Omaha, NE57.3 mi away

7%12

Mapleton9.2 mi away

5%9

Sioux City46.6 mi away

3%6

Woodbine21.7 mi away

3%5

Moorhead11.5 mi away

2%4

Cherokee48.9 mi away

2%4

Dow City13.8 mi away

2%3

Whiting23.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%93

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

How far

How far Ute commutes

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

10%

37%

20%

33%

10%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ute is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ute are

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

Jobs based in Ute

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ute residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−43%

Jobs based in Ute, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 36. 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.