Photo: Mostly Iowa Edits · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Redfield commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
93 jobs are based in Redfield for 340 working residents. Only 2% stay in Redfield for work; outside it, West Des Moines is the main destination (21%, 22 miles). Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Redfield, in brief
Redfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Redfield is a place people come home to
There are 93 jobs based in Redfield, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Redfield has about 490 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 340 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Time on the road from Redfield: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redfield workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 364 commuters (the 14% 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.
In and out of Redfield on a workday
On a workday 333 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Redfield on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Redfield’s working residents head each day
Where Redfield clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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.
What Redfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redfield, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 93. 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 Redfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Redfield
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 Redfield: questions
What is the median household income in Redfield?
$66,094 (±$14,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redfield?
10.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redfield?
33 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Des Moines (21%, 22 mi), Des Moines (13%, 30 mi), Adel (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Redfield 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 Redfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redfield
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.