Work & commute · Beaverdale

Work & commute in Beaverdale, IA

Most working residents leave Beaverdale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (26%), West Burlington (15%) and Mount Pleasant (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 357 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 355 Beaverdale residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beaverdale.

355live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beaverdale goes to work

Burlington5 mi away

26%93

West Burlington2.4 mi away

15%54

Mount Pleasant19.7 mi away

7%24

Mediapolis11 mi away

4%15

Davenport57.8 mi away

3%10

Fort Madison17.6 mi away

3%9

Muscatine39.9 mi away

3%9

Middletown3.6 mi away

2%8

Iowa City58.2 mi away

2%7

West Point16.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%124

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

How far

How far Beaverdale commutes

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

49%

22%

49%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beaverdale is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Beaverdale are

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

Jobs based in Beaverdale

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Beaverdale residents hold

357 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+26%

Jobs based in Beaverdale, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 87. 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.