Work & commute · Balltown

Work & commute in Balltown, IA

Most working residents leave Balltown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (53%), Cedar Rapids (10%) and Peosta (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 40 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 40 Balltown residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Balltown.

40live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Balltown goes to work

Dubuque12.6 mi away

53%21

Cedar Rapids62.2 mi away

10%4

Peosta13.2 mi away

8%3

Sherrill4.9 mi away

3%1

Cascade24.2 mi away

3%1

Asbury9.8 mi away

3%1

Bondurant147 mi away

3%1

Muscatine84.8 mi away

3%1

Clinton63.6 mi away

3%1

Davenport75.9 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%5

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

How far

How far Balltown commutes

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

73%

25%

3%Under 10 mi

73%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Balltown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Balltown are

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

Jobs based in Balltown

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less86%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Balltown residents hold

40 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+338%

Jobs based in Balltown, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 35. 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.