Work & commute · Ventura

Work & commute in Ventura, IA

Most working residents leave Ventura for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mason City (30%), Clear Lake (28%) and Garner (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 254 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 253 Ventura residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ventura.

253live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ventura goes to work

Mason City13.5 mi away

30%77

Clear Lake4.7 mi away

28%71

Garner7.2 mi away

4%10

Forest City12.3 mi away

4%10

Des Moines107.8 mi away

3%7

Waterloo71.6 mi away

2%6

Fort Dodge55.9 mi away

2%5

Lake Mills20.2 mi away

1%3

Webster City49.4 mi away

1%3

Ankeny96.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%59

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

How far

How far Ventura commutes

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

36%

37%

21%

36%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ventura is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ventura are

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

Jobs based in Ventura

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Ventura residents hold

254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−30%

Jobs based in Ventura, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 93. 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.