Photo: Bill Whittaker · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Ollie works elsewhere
Working residents average 35 minutes each way, next to 20 for Iowa and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Ollie report 4 jobs for 83 working residents. Only 1% stay in Ollie for work; outside it, Ottumwa is the main destination (14%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ollie by day and by night
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Ollie 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 Ollie: the destinations
Where Ollie clocks in
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.
100% of the jobs in Ollie make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ollie, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 4. 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 Ollie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Ollie: 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 Ollie workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 commuters (the 12% 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 Ollie
About 37% 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 Ollie: questions
What is the median household income in Ollie?
$71,875 (±$23,162) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ollie?
18.1%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ollie?
35 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ollie work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ottumwa (14%, 21 mi), Fairfield (8%, 15 mi), Des Moines (6%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ollie 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 Ollie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ollie
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.