Work & commute · Bristow

Work & commute in Bristow, IA

Most working residents leave Bristow for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Falls (9%), Hampton (5%) and Waverly (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 80 Bristow residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bristow.

80live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bristow goes to work

Cedar Falls29 mi away

9%7

Hampton15.2 mi away

5%4

Waverly22.5 mi away

5%4

Waterloo34.3 mi away

5%4

Parkersburg15.3 mi away

4%3

Allison5.9 mi away

4%3

Des Moines90.4 mi away

4%3

Greene10 mi away

2%2

Dumont3.7 mi away

2%2

Ackley17 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%47

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

How far

How far Bristow commutes

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

17%

32%

25%

26%

17%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bristow is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bristow are

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

Jobs based in Bristow

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Bristow residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+29%

Jobs based in Bristow, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 40. 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.