Photo: Mostly Iowa Edits · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Diamondhead Lake commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For 19% of workers, the job is at home, against 11% across Iowa. Employers in Diamondhead Lake report 16 jobs, against 132 working residents. Hardly any work in Diamondhead Lake; the top destination outside it is West Des Moines (10%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Diamondhead Lake for work, and who comes in
On a workday 131 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Diamondhead Lake on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 Diamondhead Lake’s residents
Where Diamondhead Lake clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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.
Most jobs in Diamondhead Lake are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Diamondhead Lake, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 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 Diamondhead Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Diamondhead Lake’s commute takes about 42 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Diamondhead Lake workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 149 commuters (the 19% 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 Diamondhead Lake to work
About 23% 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 Diamondhead Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Diamondhead Lake?
$148,542 (±$99,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Diamondhead Lake?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Diamondhead Lake?
42 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Diamondhead Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Des Moines (10%, 24 mi), Panora (8%, 11 mi), Guthrie Center (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Diamondhead Lake 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 Diamondhead Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Diamondhead Lake
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.