Photo: Bill Whittaker · CC BY-SA 3.0How Argyle works: jobs, income and commuting
Hardly any stay in Argyle for work; outside it, Fort Madison is the main destination (24%, 13 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole. No jobs are based in Argyle in the Census job records; 41 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Argyle: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21 people are in Argyle on a workday afternoon, 66% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Argyle goes to work
Where Argyle clocks in
24% of workers
22% of workers
7% 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.
Working from home in Argyle
of Argyle workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 commuters (the 0% 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 Argyle
About 34% 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 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 Argyle: questions
What is the poverty rate in Argyle?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Argyle work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Madison (24%, 13 mi), Keokuk (22%, 12 mi), Cedar Rapids (7%, 99 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Argyle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Argyle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Argyle
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.