Work & commute · Zearing

Work & commute in Zearing, IA

Most working residents leave Zearing for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ames (18%), Nevada (17%) and Des Moines (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 239 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 228 Zearing residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zearing.

228live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zearing goes to work

Ames19 mi away

18%44

Nevada13.1 mi away

17%40

Des Moines43.6 mi away

10%23

Ankeny33.4 mi away

6%14

Zearing (in town)right here

5%11

Story City15 mi away

4%10

Cedar Rapids84.1 mi away

3%6

West Des Moines48.9 mi away

3%6

Johnston39 mi away

2%4

State Center12 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%78

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

How far

How far Zearing commutes

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

12%

47%

29%

12%

12%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zearing is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Zearing are

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

Jobs based in Zearing

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Zearing residents hold

239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−31%

Jobs based in Zearing, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 105. 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.