Work & commute · Villisca

Work & commute in Villisca, IA

Most working residents leave Villisca for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Red Oak (17%), Stanton (10%) and Clarinda (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 469 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 436 Villisca residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Villisca.

436live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Villisca goes to work

Red Oak14 mi away

17%78

Stanton7.3 mi away

10%49

Villisca (in town)right here

7%33

Clarinda13.6 mi away

6%28

Omaha, NE60.4 mi away

5%24

Council Bluffs50.1 mi away

4%19

Shenandoah23.6 mi away

2%10

Lincoln, NE88.9 mi away

2%10

Corning13.4 mi away

1%7

Creston33.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%205

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

How far

How far Villisca commutes

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

19%

42%

31%

19%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Villisca is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Villisca are

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

Jobs based in Villisca

209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Villisca residents hold

469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Villisca, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 209. 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.