Work & commute · Aplington

Work & commute in Aplington, IA

Most working residents leave Aplington for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (19%), Cedar Falls (14%) and Parkersburg (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 497 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 467 Aplington residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aplington.

467live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aplington goes to work

Waterloo27.8 mi away

19%95

Cedar Falls22.3 mi away

14%68

Parkersburg5.4 mi away

9%44

Aplington (in town)right here

6%30

Waverly23.2 mi away

3%16

Cedar Rapids74.9 mi away

3%14

Grundy Center16.1 mi away

3%13

Allison12.6 mi away

2%9

Rochester, MN101 mi away

2%8

Shell Rock17.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%194

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

How far

How far Aplington commutes

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

20%

34%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aplington is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aplington are

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

Jobs based in Aplington

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Aplington residents hold

497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−13%

Jobs based in Aplington, 2013 → 2023: 231 → 202. 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.