Work & commute · Batavia

Work & commute in Batavia, IA

Most working residents leave Batavia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fairfield (30%), Ottumwa (9%) and Des Moines (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 203 Batavia residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Batavia.

203live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Batavia goes to work

Fairfield10.5 mi away

30%61

Ottumwa13.5 mi away

9%19

Des Moines84.9 mi away

4%9

Keosauqua21 mi away

2%5

Packwood10.5 mi away

2%4

Sigourney23.5 mi away

2%4

Maharishi Vedic City9 mi away

2%4

Mount Pleasant32.4 mi away

2%4

Iowa City56.3 mi away

1%3

Ankeny90.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%88

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

How far

How far Batavia commutes

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

17%

49%

27%

17%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Batavia is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Batavia are

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

Jobs based in Batavia

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Batavia residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+43%

Jobs based in Batavia, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 33. 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.