Work & commute · Yorktown

Work & commute in Yorktown, IA

Most working residents leave Yorktown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Clarinda (25%), Omaha (10%) and Braddyville (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 20 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 20 Yorktown residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yorktown.

20live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yorktown goes to work

Clarinda6.3 mi away

25%5

Omaha, NE59.4 mi away

10%2

Braddyville12.5 mi away

5%1

Greenfield53.5 mi away

5%1

Shenandoah11.5 mi away

5%1

Grinnell143.9 mi away

5%1

Des Moines99 mi away

5%1

West Des Moines90.9 mi away

5%1

Waterloo188.9 mi away

5%1

Clearmont, MO17 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%5

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

How far

How far Yorktown commutes

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

32%

37%

32%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yorktown 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 Yorktown are

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

Jobs based in Yorktown

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Yorktown residents hold

20 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

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.