Work & commute · Amana

Work & commute in Amana, IA

Most working residents leave Amana for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa City (16%), Cedar Rapids (14%) and Homestead (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 178 Amana residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amana.

178live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amana goes to work

Iowa City20.5 mi away

16%29

Cedar Rapids15 mi away

14%25

Homestead2.9 mi away

10%18

Williamsburg11.7 mi away

7%13

Marengo9.9 mi away

5%9

Coralville16.1 mi away

5%9

North Liberty14.2 mi away

4%7

Des Moines90.9 mi away

4%7

Amana (in town)right here

4%7

Tiffin13.1 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%55

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

How far

How far Amana commutes

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

23%

56%

20%

23%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amana is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Amana are

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

Jobs based in Amana

359 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Amana residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−87%

Jobs based in Amana, 2013 → 2023: 2,777 → 359. 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.