Work & commute · Blairstown

Work & commute in Blairstown, IA

Most working residents leave Blairstown for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (25%), Keystone (4%) and Belle Plaine (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 358 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 346 Blairstown residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blairstown.

346live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blairstown goes to work

Cedar Rapids21.1 mi away

25%89

Keystone8.8 mi away

4%15

Belle Plaine10 mi away

4%14

Blairstown (in town)right here

3%12

Iowa City33.3 mi away

3%10

Homestead14.8 mi away

3%10

Atkins13 mi away

2%7

Hiawatha22.7 mi away

2%7

North Liberty26.7 mi away

2%7

Marengo7.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%181

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

How far

How far Blairstown commutes

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

19%

43%

16%

23%

19%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blairstown is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blairstown are

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

Jobs based in Blairstown

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Blairstown residents hold

358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−9%

Jobs based in Blairstown, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 125. 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.