Polk County — commute flow by county (2023)
Adair County — 126 (Middle)Adams County — 22 (Lower)Allamakee County — 31 (Lower)Appanoose County — 95 (Middle)Audubon County — 35 (Lower-middle)Benton County — 80 (Middle)Black Hawk County — 2,584 (Higher)Boone County — 963 (Higher)Bremer County — 157 (Upper-middle)Buchanan County — 76 (Middle)Buena Vista County — 389 (Higher)Butler County — 43 (Lower-middle)Calhoun County — 31 (Lower)Carroll County — 303 (Upper-middle)Cass County — 161 (Upper-middle)Cedar County — 56 (Lower-middle)Cerro Gordo County — 597 (Higher)Cherokee County — 73 (Lower-middle)Chickasaw County — 31 (Lower)Clarke County — 422 (Higher)Clay County — 166 (Upper-middle)Clayton County — 63 (Lower-middle)Clinton County — 142 (Upper-middle)Crawford County — 119 (Middle)Dallas County — 22,897 (Higher)Davis County — 25 (Lower)Decatur County — 63 (Lower-middle)Delaware County — 43 (Lower-middle)Des Moines County — 237 (Upper-middle)Dickinson County — 236 (Upper-middle)Dubuque County — 675 (Higher)Emmet County — 30 (Lower)Fayette County — 76 (Middle)Floyd County — 61 (Lower-middle)Franklin County — 81 (Middle)Fremont County — 32 (Lower)Greene County — 91 (Middle)Grundy County — 85 (Middle)Guthrie County — 172 (Upper-middle)Hamilton County — 132 (Upper-middle)Hancock County — 99 (Middle)Hardin County — 194 (Upper-middle)Harrison County — 35 (Lower-middle)Henry County — 177 (Upper-middle)Howard County — 16 (Lower)Humboldt County — 74 (Lower-middle)Ida County — 40 (Lower-middle)Iowa County — 191 (Upper-middle)Jackson County — 54 (Lower-middle)Jasper County — 1,014 (Higher)Jefferson County — 130 (Middle)Johnson County — 1,981 (Higher)Jones County — 50 (Lower-middle)Keokuk County — 35 (Lower-middle)Kossuth County — 105 (Middle)Lee County — 130 (Middle)Linn County — 2,999 (Higher)Louisa County — 116 (Middle)Lucas County — 254 (Upper-middle)Lyon County — 12 (Lower)Madison County — 359 (Upper-middle)Mahaska County — 312 (Upper-middle)Marion County — 1,132 (Higher)Marshall County — 800 (Higher)Mills County — 49 (Lower-middle)Mitchell County — 27 (Lower)Monona County — 11 (Lower)Monroe County — 49 (Lower-middle)Montgomery County — 60 (Lower-middle)Muscatine County — 230 (Upper-middle)O'Brien County — 47 (Lower-middle)Osceola County — 14 (Lower)Page County — 92 (Middle)Palo Alto County — 42 (Lower-middle)Plymouth County — 86 (Middle)Pocahontas County — 33 (Lower)Pottawattamie County — 888 (Higher)Poweshiek County — 452 (Higher)Ringgold County — 22 (Lower)Sac County — 39 (Lower-middle)Scott County — 1,542 (Higher)Shelby County — 141 (Upper-middle)Sioux County — 144 (Upper-middle)Story County — 6,464 (Higher)Tama County — 109 (Middle)Taylor County — 111 (Middle)Union County — 190 (Upper-middle)Van Buren County — 6 (Lower)Wapello County — 496 (Higher)Warren County — 3,430 (Higher)Washington County — 109 (Middle)Wayne County — 29 (Lower)Webster County — 619 (Higher)Winnebago County — 58 (Lower-middle)Winneshiek County — 120 (Middle)Woodbury County — 805 (Higher)Worth County — 18 (Lower)Wright County — 131 (Upper-middle)Polk County — no data (unmeasured)
Where this is
Shading: Total Jobs
Lower (6 to 33)Lower-middle (35 to 74)Middle (76 to 130)Upper-middle (131 to 359)Higher (389 to 22,897)No data
Each unit is shaded by its Total Jobs value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.
The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

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Within Polk County
183,560 (75%)
Total
Des Moines township49,131
Walnut township31,490
Webster township26,572
Lee township21,263
Crocker township16,161
Bloomfield township8,647
Clay township8,194
Other (15)22,102
Elsewhere In-State
58,673 (24%)
Total
Dallas County22,897
Story County6,464
Warren County3,430
Linn County2,999
Black Hawk County2,584
Johnson County1,981
Scott County1,542
Other (91)16,776
Other States
3,528 (1%)
Total
IL563
NE525
MO420
MN415
WI185
KS185
TX175
Other (38)1,060

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