Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and earnings in Cumming, and the trip to work
Hardly any work in Cumming; the top destination outside it is Des Moines (32%, 10 miles). 21% of workers work from home, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole. Working residents average 23 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cumming apart on work
Cumming and Des Moines trade workers both ways
Des Moines is the top workplace for Cumming residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Cumming come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Cumming
21% of Cumming workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 200 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Cumming ends
Where Cumming clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Cumming
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cumming workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 239 commuters (the 21% 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.
Who works in Cumming, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 199 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
77% of the jobs in Cumming pay over $3,333 a month
155 jobs are based in Cumming.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cumming, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 155. 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 Cumming’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Cumming commutes
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.
Work next door: 17% of Cumming’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cumming workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumming | – | — | — | 23 min | $162,875 |
| West Des Moines | 17% | A− | B+ | 18 min | $86,594 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to West Des Moines. Darker towns draw more of Cumming’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Cumming: questions
What is the median household income in Cumming?
$162,875 (±$30,372) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cumming?
4.4%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cumming?
23 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cumming work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Des Moines (32%, 10 mi), West Des Moines (17%, 5 mi), Norwalk (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cumming without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cumming, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cumming
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.