Riverside Township draws 11 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Riverside Township itself; outside it, Des Moines draws the most (17%, 352 miles). 11 jobs are based in Riverside Township; 6 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Riverside Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 6 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 27 people are in Riverside Township on a workday afternoon, 23% more 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 Riverside Township’s workforce comes from
Where Riverside Township clocks in
17% of workers
17% 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.
Riverside Township makes things: 73% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverside Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 11. 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 Riverside Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Riverside Township to work
About 50% 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.
Work in the towns next to Riverside Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverside Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Greenleaf Township | under 17% | — | — | — | — |
| Campbell Township | under 17% | — | — | — | — |
| William Hamilton Township | under 17% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenleaf Township, Campbell Township and William Hamilton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Riverside Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Riverside Township: questions
Where do people who live in Riverside Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Des Moines (17%, 352 mi), Barrett (17%, 187 mi), Wessington Springs (17%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverside Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverside Township
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.