Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Ellston
0% of workers work from home; Iowa has 11%. Hardly any work in Ellston itself; outside it, Diagonal draws the most (27%, 12 miles). No jobs are based in Ellston in the Census job records; 11 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Ellston
On a workday 11 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10 people are in Ellston on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Commuting out of Ellston: the destinations
Where Ellston clocks in
27% of workers
27% of workers
9% 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.
Working from home in Ellston
of Ellston workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 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.
How far it is to work from Ellston
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 Ellston: questions
What is the median household income in Ellston?
$69,167 (±$21,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellston?
3.6%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ellston work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Diagonal (27%, 12 mi), Mount Ayr (27%, 11 mi), Corning (9%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ellston 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 Ellston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellston
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.