Work & commute · Calamus

Work & commute in Calamus, IA

Most working residents leave Calamus for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (22%), DeWitt (11%) and Clinton (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 158 Calamus residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calamus.

158live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calamus goes to work

Davenport20.3 mi away

22%36

DeWitt11.1 mi away

11%18

Clinton26.6 mi away

8%13

Bettendorf23.1 mi away

6%10

Dubuque46.5 mi away

4%7

East Moline, IL28.6 mi away

3%5

Wheatland4.1 mi away

3%5

Eldridge15.9 mi away

3%5

Calamus (in town)right here

2%4

Lowden8.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%56

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

How far

How far Calamus commutes

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

15%

52%

27%

15%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calamus is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calamus are

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

Jobs based in Calamus

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Calamus residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−6%

Jobs based in Calamus, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 84. 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.