Photo: Richc80 · CC BY-SA 3.0Mitchellville has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
Mitchellville grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 2% work in Mitchellville; the top destination outside it is Des Moines (32%, 14 miles). The average commute takes 24 minutes each way (Iowa 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mitchellville stands out on work
Mitchellville and Des Moines trade workers both ways
Des Moines is the top workplace for Mitchellville residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Mitchellville come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Mitchellville pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Mitchellville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 960 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Mitchellville’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mitchellville is better than 79% of U.S. towns, #29 of 140 in Iowa. Unemployment holds Mitchellville’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mitchellville could be anywhere from B to A+.
The places Mitchellville commutes to
Where Mitchellville clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
72% of the jobs in Mitchellville pay over $3,333 a month
352 jobs are based in Mitchellville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mitchellville, 2013 → 2023: 434 → 352. 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 Mitchellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Mitchellville on a workday
On a workday 938 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Mitchellville on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Mitchellville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mitchellville workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 995 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far it is to work from Mitchellville
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.
Mitchellville is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mitchellville is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns, #90 of 140 in Iowa. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.4% across Iowa.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,087 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Mitchellville households have no vehicle (Iowa 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mitchellville’s commuters take a bus or train.
784th of 4,797: where Mitchellville ranks among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 131 | Solon IA | 3,345 | $113K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Van Meter IA | 1,978 | $135K | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 170 | Ely IA | 2,366 | $106K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 782 | Washington Township PA | 3,175 | $89K | 3.5% | 1.7% | 6% | A− |
| 783 | New Union TN | 2,160 | $81K | 0.7% | 2.1% | 0% | A− |
| 784 | Mitchellville IA | 2,671 | $81K | 10.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 785 | Caledonia NY | 2,089 | $84K | 4.7% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| 786 | Clear Creek Township IN | 2,013 | $85K | 7.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mitchellville, the top three, the last and three more from Iowa.
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 Mitchellville: questions
What is the median household income in Mitchellville?
$81,172 (±$17,850) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mitchellville?
10.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mitchellville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mitchellville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Des Moines (32%, 14 mi), West Des Moines (9%, 23 mi), Ankeny (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mitchellville walkable?
Mitchellville is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mitchellville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mitchellville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mitchellville
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.