Work, pay and getting to work in Lambs Grove
30% of workers work from home; Iowa has 11%. A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, where Iowa has 20 and the U.S. 26. 62 jobs are based in Lambs Grove, against 80 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Lambs Grove: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Lambs Grove on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
28% of working residents work in Newton
Where Lambs Grove clocks in
28% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Lambs Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lambs Grove, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 62. 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 Lambs Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Lambs Grove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lambs Grove workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 72 commuters (the 30% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lambs Grove
About 15% 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.
The towns next door employ 28% of Lambs Grove
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lambs Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs Grove | – | — | — | 24 min | $93,750 |
| Newton | 28% | C | A− | 22 min | $57,771 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Newton. Darker towns draw more of Lambs Grove’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Lambs Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Lambs Grove?
$93,750 (±$71,368) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lambs Grove?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lambs Grove?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lambs Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newton (28%, 2 mi), Des Moines (13%, 29 mi), Grinnell (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lambs Grove 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 Lambs Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lambs Grove
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.