Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Rodney has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
4 jobs are based in Rodney, and 10 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Rodney itself; outside it, Mapleton draws the most (40%, 9 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Iowa has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rodney quiets down on a workday
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37 people are in Rodney on a workday afternoon, 14% 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 Rodney goes to work
Where Rodney clocks in
40% of workers
20% 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 Rodney’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rodney, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rodney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rodney
of Rodney workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Rodney works
About 20% 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 Rodney: questions
What is the median household income in Rodney?
$51,563 (±$14,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rodney?
10.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rodney work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mapleton (40%, 9 mi), Sioux City (20%, 30 mi), Pierson (10%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rodney without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rodney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rodney
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.