Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Percival has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Iowa 11%). Employers in Percival report 6 jobs for 35 working residents. Only 6% work in Percival itself; outside it, Hamburg draws the most (14%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Percival, and who commutes in
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 76 people are in Percival on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Out of Percival to work: where people go
Where Percival clocks in
14% of workers
14% 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 Percival pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Percival, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 6. 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 Percival’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Percival
of Percival workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 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.
How far Percival goes to work
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 Percival: questions
What is the median household income in Percival?
$57,727 (±$33,978) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Percival?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Percival work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hamburg (14%, 13 mi), Council Bluffs (14%, 34 mi), Omaha (14%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Percival without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Percival, from the people who make the trip.
More of Percival
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.