Where Pomeroy earns its living
165 jobs are based in Pomeroy, and 219 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% work in Pomeroy; the top destination outside it is Rockwell City (16%, 11 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; Iowa averages 20, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pomeroy, in brief
Pomeroy and Rockwell City trade workers both ways
Rockwell City is the top workplace for Pomeroy residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Pomeroy come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pomeroy workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 219 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Pomeroy ends
Where Pomeroy clocks in
16% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Iowa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pomeroy workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 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.
A workday in Pomeroy: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 204 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Pomeroy on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Pomeroy’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pomeroy, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 165. 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 Pomeroy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pomeroy
About 27% 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 Pomeroy: questions
What is the median household income in Pomeroy?
$53,542 (±$4,835) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pomeroy?
13.1%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pomeroy?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pomeroy work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockwell City (16%, 11 mi), Lake City (13%, 20 mi), Fort Dodge (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pomeroy 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 Pomeroy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pomeroy
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.