Photo: Ashton B Crew · CC BY 3.0Alleman at work: jobs, income and the commute
A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, where Iowa has 20 and the U.S. 26. Only 2% stay in Alleman for work; outside it, Des Moines is the main destination (26%, 17 miles). For 17% of workers, the job is at home, where Iowa as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Alleman, in a few figures
Services make up most of the work in Alleman
310 jobs are based in Alleman.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alleman, 2014 → 2024: 187 → 310. 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 Alleman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Alleman by day
On a workday 227 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Alleman on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Alleman commutes to
Where Alleman clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
About 24 minutes each way, longer than most of Iowa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alleman workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 194 commuters (the 17% 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 it is to work from Alleman
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 Alleman: questions
What is the median household income in Alleman?
$121,875 (±$23,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alleman?
0.7%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alleman?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alleman work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Des Moines (26%, 17 mi), Ankeny (13%, 6 mi), West Des Moines (10%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Alleman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alleman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alleman
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.