Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Thayer
Working residents average 54 minutes each way (Iowa 20, U.S. 26). 0% of workers have no commute at all; Iowa has 11%. Hardly any stay in Thayer for work; outside it, Creston is the main destination (21%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Thayer
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25 people are in Thayer on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Thayer goes to work
Where Thayer clocks in
21% of workers
13% 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.
Time on the road from Thayer: about 54 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 17.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thayer workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Thayer
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 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 Thayer: questions
What is the median household income in Thayer?
$55,000 (±$23,344) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thayer?
4.4%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thayer?
54 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thayer work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Creston (21%, 16 mi), Afton (13%, 8 mi), Des Moines (8%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thayer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thayer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thayer
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.