Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Ackworth has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Ackworth itself; outside it, Des Moines draws the most (23%, 16 miles). 6 jobs are based in Ackworth, and 57 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ackworth quiets down on a workday
On a workday 57 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 70 people are in Ackworth on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Ackworth ends
Where Ackworth clocks in
21% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most jobs in Ackworth are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ackworth, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 6. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ackworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Ackworth takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ackworth workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Ackworth’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ackworth: questions
What is the median household income in Ackworth?
$111,094 (±$37,977) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ackworth?
28.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ackworth?
30 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ackworth work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Des Moines (23%, 16 mi), Indianola (21%, 5 mi), West Des Moines (12%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ackworth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ackworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ackworth
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.