Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Reasnor works elsewhere
Reasnor has 4 jobs; 64 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Reasnor itself; outside it, Newton draws the most (16%, 8 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average (Iowa 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Reasnor by day and by night
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Reasnor on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The places Reasnor commutes to
Where Reasnor clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
Most jobs in Reasnor are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reasnor, 2014 → 2024: 4 → 4. 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 Reasnor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Reasnor: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reasnor workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 commuters (the 8% 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.
Reasnor’s commute, mile by mile
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 Reasnor: questions
What is the median household income in Reasnor?
$69,063 (±$17,645) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reasnor?
4.6%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reasnor?
28 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reasnor work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newton (16%, 8 mi), Des Moines (13%, 30 mi), Pella (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Reasnor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reasnor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reasnor
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.