With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Little Cedar works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Little Cedar for work; outside it, Osage is the main destination (23%, 8 miles). Employers in Little Cedar report 8 jobs for 31 working residents. 0% of workers work from home (Iowa 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Little Cedar by day
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17 people are in Little Cedar on a workday afternoon, 58% 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.
Commuting out of Little Cedar: the destinations
Where Little Cedar clocks in
23% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 38% of the jobs in Little Cedar
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Little Cedar, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 8. 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 Little Cedar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Little Cedar
of Little Cedar workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Little Cedar
About 26% 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.
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 Little Cedar: questions
What is the poverty rate in Little Cedar?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Little Cedar work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osage (23%, 8 mi), Riceville (6%, 9 mi), St. Ansgar (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Little Cedar 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 Little Cedar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Little Cedar
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.