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Jobs & commute in Stacyville

Stacyville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each

Only 3% work in Stacyville; the top destination outside it is Osage (22%, 11 miles). Stacyville has 93 jobs; 174 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average; Iowa averages 20, the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How a workday changes Stacyville

On a workday 168 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.

168live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
87work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night440
Workday350
440live here− 170head out to work+ 87come in to work= 350on a workday

About 350 people are in Stacyville on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.53jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where people from Stacyville work

Palos HillsOrchardMitchellStacyvilleRockfordRiceville: 8 residents work here (5%)Lime Springs: 2 residents work here (1%)St. Ansgar: 7 residents work here (4%)GreeneOsage: 39 residents work here (22%)Charles City: 6 residents work here (3%)Mason City: 6 residents work here (3%)Des Moines: 6 residents work here (3%)Waterloo: 4 residents work here (2%)Austin: 12 residents work here (7%)OsageAustinRicevilleSt. AnsgarCharles CityMason CityStacyville
1
Osage10.9 mi away
22%39
2
Austin, MN18.8 mi away
7%12
3
Riceville12.8 mi away
5%8
4
St. Ansgar7.9 mi away
4%7
5
Stacyville (in town)right here
3%6
6
Charles City26.7 mi away
3%6
7
Mason City29.1 mi away
3%6
8
Des Moines135.7 mi away
3%6
9
Waterloo69 mi away
2%4
10
Lime Springs25.1 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%78
The top trips

Where Stacyville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Mostly health care, schools and offices in Stacyville

Jobs based in StacyvilleJobs Stacyville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms5%28%
Trade, transport & utilities11%20%
Services: health, schools, offices84%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%21%
Over $3,333 a month35%60%

Who does it

29 or younger32%28%
30 to 5435%45%
55 and older32%28%
−24%

Jobs based in Stacyville, 2014 → 2024: 123 → 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stacyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 22 minutes each way for Stacyville’s commuters

A year of commuting
169 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Stacyville22 min
Iowa20 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
10%

of Stacyville workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Stacyville gets to work
85%Drive alone
10%Carpool
4%Walk

Share of the 241 commuters (the 10% 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.

How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Stacyville

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miOsage: 22% · 10.9 miAustin: 7% · 18.8 miRiceville: 5% · 12.8 miSt. Ansgar: 4% · 7.9 miCharles City: 3% · 26.7 miMason City: 3% · 29.1 miDes Moines: 3% · 135.7 miWaterloo: 2% · 69 miLime Springs: 1% · 25.1 miOsage 22%Austin 7%Riceville 5%St. Ansgar 4%Charles City 3%Stacyville
StacyvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi22 residents
48%10–24 mi84 residents
14%25–50 mi25 residents
25%Over 50 mi43 residents

About 25% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Stacyville: questions

What is the median household income in Stacyville?

$61,932 (±$6,125) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Stacyville?

12.1%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Stacyville?

22 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Stacyville work?

3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osage (22%, 11 mi), Austin (7%, 19 mi), Riceville (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Stacyville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Stacyville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Stacyville

Stacyville home →

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.