Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Pisgah commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Pisgah report 21 jobs for 96 working residents. Hardly any work in Pisgah; the top destination outside it is Omaha (17%, 40 miles). The trip to work takes 41 minutes on average, next to 20 for Iowa and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pisgah quiets down on a workday
On a workday 96 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Pisgah on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Pisgah’s working residents head each day
Where Pisgah clocks in
17% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Pisgah: what the 21 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pisgah, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 21. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pisgah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Pisgah: about 41 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pisgah workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 125 commuters (the 13% 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 Pisgah
About 23% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Pisgah: questions
What is the median household income in Pisgah?
$66,250 (±$22,680) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pisgah?
6.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pisgah?
41 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pisgah work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (17%, 40 mi), Dunlap (10%, 17 mi), Woodbine (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pisgah without a car?
5% 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 Pisgah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pisgah
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.