Most of Radcliffe commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Iowa as a whole has 11%. Radcliffe has 137 jobs, against 270 working residents. Only 4% work in Radcliffe itself; outside it, Iowa Falls draws the most (17%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Radcliffe
Radcliffe workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Radcliffe and Iowa Falls trade workers both ways
Iowa Falls is the top workplace for Radcliffe residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Radcliffe come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 270 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 39 minutes each way, longer than most of Iowa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Radcliffe workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 304 commuters (the 4% 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.
The towns that employ Radcliffe’s residents
Where Radcliffe clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Radcliffe
On a workday 259 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Radcliffe on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
In Radcliffe, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Radcliffe, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 137. 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 Radcliffe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Radcliffe’s workers travel
About 28% 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 Radcliffe: questions
What is the median household income in Radcliffe?
$69,286 (±$26,646) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Radcliffe?
7.9%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Radcliffe?
39 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Radcliffe work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Iowa Falls (17%, 16 mi), Ames (12%, 22 mi), Alden (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Radcliffe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Radcliffe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Radcliffe
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.