Work & commute · Anamosa

Work & commute in Anamosa, IA

Most working residents leave Anamosa for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (22%), Monticello (5%) and Marion (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

346 of 2,319 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,973 Anamosa residents head out of town to work, 346 work right here, and 1,636 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anamosa.

1,973live here, work elsewhere

346live and work here

1,636work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anamosa goes to work

Cedar Rapids23 mi away

22%505

Anamosa (in town)right here

15%346

Monticello9.6 mi away

5%113

Marion16.6 mi away

4%103

Iowa City34 mi away

4%83

Hiawatha21.6 mi away

2%57

Waterloo61.1 mi away

2%50

Des Moines125.8 mi away

2%37

West Des Moines134.7 mi away

1%34

Dubuque39.6 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%958

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

How far

How far Anamosa commutes

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

24%

35%

18%

24%

24%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anamosa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Anamosa are

1,982 jobs are based in Anamosa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Anamosa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Anamosa

1,982 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Anamosa residents hold

2,319 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+23%

Jobs based in Anamosa, 2013 → 2023: 1,605 → 1,982. 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.