Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Nodaway works elsewhere
Commuters spend 35 minutes getting to work on average; the Iowa average is 20, the U.S. 26. 3 jobs are based in Nodaway, against 32 working residents. Hardly any work in Nodaway; the top destination outside it is Corning (34%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Nodaway, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42 people are in Nodaway on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 Nodaway: the destinations
Where Nodaway clocks in
34% of workers
13% of workers
3% 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.
67% of the jobs in Nodaway pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nodaway, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 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 Nodaway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Nodaway: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nodaway workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Nodaway commutes less than 15 miles
About 28% 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 Nodaway: questions
What is the median household income in Nodaway?
$58,125 (±$35,991) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nodaway?
8.2%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nodaway?
35 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nodaway work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corning (34%, 9 mi), Creston (13%, 29 mi), Lincoln (3%, 295 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nodaway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nodaway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nodaway
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.