Work & commute · Asbury

Work & commute in Asbury, IA

Most working residents leave Asbury for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (57%), Cedar Rapids (3%) and Davenport (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 3,013 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,966 Asbury residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 484 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Asbury.

2,966live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

484work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Asbury goes to work

Dubuque3.8 mi away

57%1,730

Cedar Rapids59.6 mi away

3%101

Davenport66.6 mi away

3%82

Peosta5.5 mi away

3%77

Iowa City70.6 mi away

2%50

Asbury (in town)right here

2%47

Dyersville17.3 mi away

1%43

Coralville70.1 mi away

1%33

Des Moines159.1 mi away

1%25

Waterloo80.1 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%800

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

How far

How far Asbury commutes

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

69%

23%

69%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Asbury is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Asbury are

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

Jobs based in Asbury

531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Asbury residents hold

3,013 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+47%

Jobs based in Asbury, 2013 → 2023: 361 → 531. 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.