With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Niota works elsewhere
There are 2 jobs in Niota for 38 working residents. Hardly any work in Niota; the top destination outside it is Keokuk (16%, 15 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Illinois as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Niota on a workday afternoon
On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3 people are in Niota on a workday afternoon, 92% 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.
Commuting out of Niota: the destinations
Where Niota clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Niota is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Niota, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 2. 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 Niota’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Niota
of Niota workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Niota
About 19% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Niota workers work outside Illinois. The job records count 32% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Niota: questions
What is the poverty rate in Niota?
25.6%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Niota work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keokuk (16%, 15 mi), Nauvoo (11%, 7 mi), Fort Madison (11%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Niota without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Niota, from the people who make the trip.
More of Niota
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.