Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Davis City works elsewhere
For 3% of workers, the job is at home, where Iowa as a whole has 11%. Employers in Davis City report 16 jobs for 80 working residents. Hardly any work in Davis City; the top destination outside it is Leon (14%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Davis City quiets down on a workday
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Davis City on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting out of Davis City: the destinations
Where Davis City clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Davis City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Davis City, 2014 → 2024: 33 → 16. 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 Davis City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Davis City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Davis City workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 commuters (the 3% 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 Davis City commutes
About 41% 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 Davis City: questions
What is the median household income in Davis City?
$36,833 (±$16,686) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Davis City?
20.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Davis City?
32 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Davis City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leon (14%, 8 mi), Osceola (10%, 27 mi), Lamoni (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Davis City 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 Davis City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Davis City
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.