Pilot Mound has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Pilot Mound itself; outside it, Ames draws the most (23%, 22 miles). Employers in Pilot Mound report 10 jobs; 78 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 34 minutes each way; Iowa averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Pilot Mound
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 87 people are in Pilot Mound on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Where Pilot Mound goes to work
Where Pilot Mound clocks in
23% of workers
15% 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.
Pilot Mound makes things: 80% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pilot Mound, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 10. 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 Pilot Mound’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pilot Mound’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pilot Mound workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 68 commuters (the 9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Pilot Mound
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 Pilot Mound: questions
What is the median household income in Pilot Mound?
$58,750 (±$31,791) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pilot Mound?
4.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pilot Mound?
34 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pilot Mound work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ames (23%, 22 mi), Boone (15%, 11 mi), Des Moines (6%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pilot Mound without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pilot Mound, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pilot Mound
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.