Metros where people in Ames are getting new jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly shifted the job market in cities and towns across the country. Millions of layoffs in early 2020 forced workers to search elsewhere for jobs. Record numbers of workers have quit their jobs in the past year in favor of new pursuits in different locales. And concerns over virus spread in population-dense areas also inspired many to leave urban areas, and their jobs, in favor of rural ones.
Emerging job markets in places like Austin, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee, and Salt Lake City reflect cultural shifts in what workers are looking for in their jobs and their places of residence: year-round warmth that makes outdoor activities easy, lower income taxes, and tech-focused employers.
Stacker compiled a list of metros where the most people from Ames, IA found new jobs using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Jobs-to-Jobs Flows. Metros are ranked by the number of people that started a new job from Ames, IA in the first quarter of 2021.
#10. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
--- 1.4% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Ames, IA from Sioux City, IA-NE-SD in Q1 2021: 26
--- #15 most common destination from Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
- Net job flow: 11 to Ames, IA
#9. Dubuque, IA
--- 1.4% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Ames, IA from Dubuque, IA in Q1 2021: 18
--- #12 most common destination from Dubuque, IA
- Net job flow: 3 to Ames, IA
#8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
--- 1.4% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Ames, IA from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI in Q1 2021: 18
--- #172 (tie) most common destination from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
- Net job flow: 3 to Ames, IA
#7. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
--- 1.6% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Ames, IA from Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI in Q1 2021: 22
--- #86 most common destination from Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
- Net job flow: 5 to Ames, IA
#6. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
--- 2.6% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Ames, IA from Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL in Q1 2021: 34
--- #16 most common destination from Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
- Net job flow: 6 to Ames, IA
#5. Iowa City, IA
--- 2.6% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Ames, IA from Iowa City, IA in Q1 2021: 38
--- #9 most common destination from Iowa City, IA
- Net job flow: 10 to Ames, IA
#4. Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
--- 4.0% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Ames, IA from Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA in Q1 2021: 34
--- #20 most common destination from Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
- Net job flow: 9 to Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
#3. Cedar Rapids, IA
--- 5.3% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Ames, IA from Cedar Rapids, IA in Q1 2021: 68
--- #7 most common destination from Cedar Rapids, IA
- Net job flow: 11 to Ames, IA
#2. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
--- 5.8% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Ames, IA from Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA in Q1 2021: 67
--- #6 most common destination from Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
- Net job flow: 5 to Ames, IA
#1. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
--- 54.5% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Ames, IA from Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA in Q1 2021: 522
--- #2 most common destination from Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
- Net job flow: 59 to Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
