Most of Mineola commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Mineola has 23 jobs, against 65 working residents. Hardly any stay in Mineola for work; outside it, Omaha is the main destination (32%, 20 miles). 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 a workday changes Mineola
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 68 people are in Mineola 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Mineola’s residents
Where Mineola clocks in
32% of workers
20% 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.
In Mineola, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mineola, 2014 → 2024: 9 → 23. 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 Mineola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mineola
of Mineola workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 13 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.
The distance from Mineola to work
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Mineola workers work outside Iowa. The job records count 38% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mineola: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mineola?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mineola work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (32%, 20 mi), Council Bluffs (20%, 10 mi), Glenwood (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mineola 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 Mineola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mineola
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.