Photo: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0Treynor has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 271 jobs in Treynor; 505 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Treynor A; getting around on foot earns it B. Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Treynor apart
A lot of Treynor workers cross into Nebraska
34% of Treynor workers work outside Iowa, most of them in Nebraska, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
28% of Treynor works in Omaha
143 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Omaha, NE, 23 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Treynor itself. The commute map ↓
Treynor workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 25 minutes each way, against 20 across Iowa. Over a year that’s about 192 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 505 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Treynor’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($121,696, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.9%) is left out: Treynor’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Treynor could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
28% of working residents work in Omaha
Where Treynor clocks in
28% of workers
27% 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.
Commuting from Treynor: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Treynor workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 505 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.
Treynor by day and by night
On a workday 482 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Treynor on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Treynor, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 271. 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 Treynor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Treynor
About 17% 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.
Driving is how Treynor gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Treynor is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Treynor near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 562 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Treynor households have no vehicle (Iowa 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Treynor’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Treynor ranks: 177th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | University Heights IA | 1,177 | $111K | 14.5% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Walford IA | 1,359 | $129K | 1.1% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Gilbert IA | 1,389 | $123K | 3.4% | 4.1% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Stanton Township MN | 1,129 | $130K | 4.7% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| 176 | Fairfield Township OH | 1,447 | $106K | 2.6% | 3.0% | 1% | A |
| 177 | Treynor IA | 1,088 | $122K | 5.1% | 4.9% | 5% | A |
| 178 | Los Ranchos CA | 1,467 | $122K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 179 | Brown Township OH | 1,187 | $100K | 2.2% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Treynor, the top three, the last and three more from Iowa.
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 Treynor: questions
What is the median household income in Treynor?
$121,696 (±$32,770) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Treynor?
5.1%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Treynor?
25 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Treynor work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Omaha (28%, 23 mi), Council Bluffs (27%, 13 mi), Des Moines (2%, 106 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Treynor walkable?
Treynor is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Treynor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Treynor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Treynor
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.