Most of George commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn George C−; getting around on foot earns it B+. George has 250 jobs; 535 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are lower than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for George
On income, poverty and job access, George is better than 24% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds George’s grade up (9.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: George’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, George could be anywhere from D to C+.
The daily flow of workers through George
On a workday 477 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in George on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2023, primary jobs.
6% of working residents work in Little Rock
Where George clocks in
Lines 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 George
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in George, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 250. 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 George’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From George, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of George workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 462 commuters (the 6% 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 commute from George, by distance
About 20% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from George start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, George is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place George near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 493 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of George households have no vehicle (Iowa 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of George’s commuters take a bus or train.
How George ranks: 2,383rd of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | University Heights IA | 1,177 | $111K | 14.5% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Walford IA | 1,359 | $129K | 1.1% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Gilbert IA | 1,389 | $123K | 3.4% | 4.1% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,381 | Sullivan OH | 1,027 | $68K | 8.8% | 2.8% | 0% | C− |
| 2,382 | Rustburg VA | 1,417 | $73K | 22.3% | 7.5% | 5% | C− |
| 2,383 | George IA | 1,093 | $58K | 9.3% | 2.6% | 11% | C− |
| 2,384 | Hebron NE | 1,384 | $66K | 9.3% | 1.4% | 33% | C− |
| 2,385 | Kline Township PA | 1,482 | $53K | 16.0% | 5.7% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of George, the top three, the last and three more from Iowa.
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 George: questions
What is the median household income in George?
$57,941 (±$11,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in George?
9.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from George?
22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in George work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Rock (6%, 10 mi), Rock Rapids (6%, 10 mi), Sheldon (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is George walkable?
George is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around George without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from George, from the people who make the trip.
More of George
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.