Work & commute · Winterset

Work & commute in Winterset, IA

About one in 4 of Winterset’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Des Moines (13%), West Des Moines (12%) and Urbandale (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

631 of 2,315 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,684 Winterset residents head out of town to work, 631 work right here, and 1,564 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winterset.

1,684live here, work elsewhere

631live and work here

1,564work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winterset goes to work

Winterset (in town)right here

27%631

Des Moines26.1 mi away

13%293

West Des Moines18.6 mi away

12%269

Urbandale23.5 mi away

4%97

Ankeny34.2 mi away

3%65

Waukee18.3 mi away

2%54

Clive21.5 mi away

2%41

Johnston28.3 mi away

2%41

Indianola23.2 mi away

2%36

Ames51.3 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%754

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

How far

How far Winterset commutes

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

31%

23%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winterset is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winterset are

2,195 jobs are based in Winterset. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winterset’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winterset

2,195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Winterset residents hold

2,315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+4%

Jobs based in Winterset, 2013 → 2023: 2,101 → 2,195. 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.