Work & commute · Brooklyn

Work & commute in Brooklyn, IA

Most working residents leave Brooklyn for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Grinnell (12%), Montezuma (5%) and Cedar Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

130 of 807 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 677 Brooklyn residents head out of town to work, 130 work right here, and 526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brooklyn.

677live here, work elsewhere

130live and work here

526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brooklyn goes to work

Brooklyn (in town)right here

16%130

Grinnell14.4 mi away

12%96

Montezuma11.1 mi away

5%43

Cedar Rapids42.6 mi away

5%38

Iowa City47.4 mi away

3%28

Des Moines61.2 mi away

3%24

Victor7.7 mi away

2%20

West Des Moines70.1 mi away

2%15

Ames63.9 mi away

1%11

Urbandale69.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%392

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

How far

How far Brooklyn commutes

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

28%

27%

19%

26%

28%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brooklyn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brooklyn are

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

Jobs based in Brooklyn

656 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Brooklyn residents hold

807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+54%

Jobs based in Brooklyn, 2013 → 2023: 425 → 656. 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.