Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Macedonia works elsewhere
Working residents average 24 minutes each way; Iowa averages 20, the U.S. 26. There are 30 jobs in Macedonia, and 129 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Macedonia; the top destination outside it is Omaha (19%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Macedonia
On a workday 126 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Macedonia on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Commuting out of Macedonia: the destinations
Where Macedonia clocks in
19% of workers
14% of workers
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Macedonia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Macedonia, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 30. 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 Macedonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Macedonia takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Macedonia workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 117 commuters (the 16% 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 distance from Macedonia to work
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.
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 Macedonia: questions
What is the median household income in Macedonia?
$71,042 (±$10,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Macedonia?
7.2%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Macedonia?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Macedonia work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (19%, 33 mi), Council Bluffs (14%, 22 mi), Oakland (13%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Macedonia 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 Macedonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Macedonia
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.