Most of California Junction commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 14 minutes getting to work on average, next to 20 for Iowa and 26 for the U.S. Employers in California Junction report 3 jobs for 40 working residents. Hardly any work in California Junction; the top destination outside it is Missouri Valley (20%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in California Junction, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in California Junction on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The towns that employ California Junction’s residents
Where California Junction clocks in
20% of workers
15% 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.
California Junction is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 California Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 14 minutes each way for California Junction’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of California Junction workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 commuters (the 15% 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 many miles California Junction commutes
About 21% 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 California Junction: questions
What is the median household income in California Junction?
$172,650 (±$170,463) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in California Junction?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from California Junction?
14 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in California Junction work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Missouri Valley (20%, 5 mi), Omaha (15%, 21 mi), Council Bluffs (10%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around California Junction 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 California Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of California Junction
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.