Work & commute · Yale

Work & commute in Yale, IA

Most working residents leave Yale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Panora (16%), Guthrie Center (6%) and Grimes (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 88 Yale residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yale.

88live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yale goes to work

Panora5.8 mi away

16%14

Guthrie Center9.9 mi away

6%5

Grimes29.4 mi away

6%5

Jefferson16.8 mi away

4%4

West Des Moines33.6 mi away

4%4

Urbandale31.3 mi away

3%3

Waukee27.6 mi away

3%3

Ames41.7 mi away

3%3

Des Moines41 mi away

3%3

Lake Panorama4.4 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%42

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

How far

How far Yale commutes

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

27%

18%

36%

19%

27%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yale is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Yale are

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

Jobs based in Yale

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Yale residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−60%

Jobs based in Yale, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 17. 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.