Work & commute · Allison

Work & commute in Allison, IA

Most working residents leave Allison for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (9%), Greene (8%) and Waverly (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

49 of 425 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 376 Allison residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allison.

376live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

406work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allison goes to work

Allison (in town)right here

12%49

Waterloo28.8 mi away

9%39

Greene10 mi away

8%35

Waverly16.7 mi away

6%26

Charles City22.3 mi away

6%25

Mason City34.2 mi away

4%18

Cedar Falls23.7 mi away

4%16

Hampton20.8 mi away

3%11

Cedar Rapids78.8 mi away

2%10

Sheffield23 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%187

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

How far

How far Allison commutes

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

21%

29%

28%

22%

21%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allison is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Allison are

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

Jobs based in Allison

455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Allison residents hold

425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−19%

Jobs based in Allison, 2013 → 2023: 562 → 455. 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.