Work & commute · Alburnett

Work & commute in Alburnett, IA

Most working residents leave Alburnett for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (42%), Hiawatha (8%) and Marion (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 301 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 290 Alburnett residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alburnett.

290live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alburnett goes to work

Cedar Rapids13.1 mi away

42%125

Hiawatha7.3 mi away

8%24

Marion7.4 mi away

7%21

Alburnett (in town)right here

4%11

Central City6.2 mi away

3%10

Iowa City34.4 mi away

3%8

Coralville31.1 mi away

2%6

West Des Moines118.7 mi away

2%6

Des Moines109.9 mi away

2%5

Waterloo44.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%80

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alburnett commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

39%

37%

16%

39%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alburnett is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alburnett are

285 jobs are based in Alburnett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alburnett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alburnett

285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Alburnett residents hold

301 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+56%

Jobs based in Alburnett, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 285. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.