Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Lineville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Lineville itself; outside it, Corydon draws the most (14%, 16 miles). 13 jobs are based in Lineville; 93 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 11% for Iowa as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Lineville
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Lineville on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 Lineville’s residents
Where Lineville clocks in
14% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lineville, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 13. 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 Lineville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 50 minutes each way for Lineville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lineville workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lineville
About 52% 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.
Next door to Lineville
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lineville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lineville | – | — | — | 50 min | $50,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lineville’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 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 Lineville: questions
What is the median household income in Lineville?
$50,833 (±$10,515) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lineville?
20.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lineville?
50 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lineville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corydon (14%, 16 mi), Humeston (5%, 19 mi), Des Moines (5%, 68 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lineville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lineville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lineville
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.