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Work & commute · Atkins

Work & commute in Atkins, IA

Most working residents leave Atkins for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (43%), Iowa City (5%) and Marion (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
14 of 1,061 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,047 Atkins residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atkins.

1,047live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
171work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Atkins goes to work

LuzerneNewhallBlairstownKeystoneNorwayShellsburgWalfordAtkinsHiawathaNorth LibertyCoralvilleMarionIowa CityCedar RapidsDes MoinesHomesteadCedar RapidsIowa CityMarionHiawathaNorth LibertyCoralvilleDes MoinesHomesteadNorwayAtkins
1
Cedar Rapids9.4 mi away
43%457
2
Iowa City28.8 mi away
5%58
3
Marion14.4 mi away
3%32
4
Hiawatha9.7 mi away
3%29
5
North Liberty21.5 mi away
2%18
6
Coralville24.5 mi away
2%17
7
Atkins (in town)right here
1%14
8
Des Moines94.8 mi away
1%14
9
Homestead16.1 mi away
1%14
10
Norway7.2 mi away
1%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%396

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

How far

How far Atkins commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Atkins is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Atkins are

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

Jobs based in Atkins

185 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Atkins residents hold

1,061 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+42%

Jobs based in Atkins, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 185. 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.

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