Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Ainsworth has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Ainsworth report 18 jobs; 243 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Ainsworth itself; outside it, Washington draws the most (16%, 7 miles). The average commute takes 21 minutes each way; Iowa averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ainsworth stands out on work
Ainsworth is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in Ainsworth, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ainsworth has about 290 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ainsworth and Washington trade workers both ways
Washington is the top workplace for Ainsworth residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Ainsworth come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 243 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Ainsworth
On a workday 243 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Ainsworth on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Ainsworth ends
Where Ainsworth clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Ainsworth
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ainsworth, 2014 → 2024: 65 → 18. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ainsworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Ainsworth
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ainsworth workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 7% 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.
The distance from Ainsworth to work
About 26% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Ainsworth: questions
What is the median household income in Ainsworth?
$68,333 (±$20,060) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ainsworth?
4.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ainsworth?
21 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ainsworth work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (16%, 7 mi), Iowa City (11%, 25 mi), Cedar Rapids (6%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ainsworth without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ainsworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ainsworth
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.