Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Aspinwall has 1.9 jobs for every working resident: 38 people commute in to work
Only 5% work in Aspinwall itself; outside it, Denison draws the most (15%, 13 miles). There are 39 jobs in Aspinwall for 20 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Iowa 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Aspinwall
On a workday 19 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 53 people are in Aspinwall on a workday afternoon, 56% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Aspinwall
Where Aspinwall clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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.
69% of the jobs in Aspinwall pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aspinwall, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 39. 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 Aspinwall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Aspinwall: about 16 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aspinwall workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 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.
The distance from Aspinwall to work
About 35% 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 Aspinwall: questions
What is the median household income in Aspinwall?
$61,250 (±$30,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aspinwall?
35.6%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aspinwall?
16 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aspinwall work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denison (15%, 13 mi), Harlan (10%, 21 mi), Sioux Center (10%, 96 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Aspinwall 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 Aspinwall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aspinwall
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.