Most of Ireton commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. Ireton has 145 jobs for 281 working residents. Only 1% work in Ireton itself; outside it, Rock Valley draws the most (43%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ireton and work: the main findings
Ireton and Rock Valley trade workers both ways
Rock Valley is the top workplace for Ireton residents (43%) and also where the most people who work in Ireton come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ireton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 26 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 199 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 281 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Ireton’s working residents head each day
Where Ireton clocks in
16% 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.
How long Ireton spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ireton workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 269 commuters (the 9% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Ireton
On a workday 277 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Ireton on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The kinds of work in Ireton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ireton, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 145. 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 Ireton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Ireton, by distance
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 Ireton: questions
What is the median household income in Ireton?
$71,250 (±$25,467) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ireton?
18.7%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ireton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ireton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rock Valley (43%, 16 mi), Sioux Center (16%, 10 mi), Orange City (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ireton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ireton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ireton
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.