Bentonsport (Additional Documentation) · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Mount Sterling commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Mount Sterling for work; outside it, Keosauqua is the main destination (33%, 8 miles). There are 3 jobs in Mount Sterling, and 9 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Mount Sterling, and who commutes in
On a workday 9 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 30 people are in Mount Sterling on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
The towns that employ Mount Sterling’s residents
Where Mount Sterling clocks in
33% of workers
22% of workers
11% 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 Mount Sterling, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 3. 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 Mount Sterling’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Mount Sterling
About 22% 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 Mount Sterling: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mount Sterling?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mount Sterling work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keosauqua (33%, 8 mi), Fairfield (22%, 27 mi), Donnellson (11%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Sterling, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Sterling
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.