Work & commute · Center Point

Work & commute in Center Point, IA

Most working residents leave Center Point for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (45%), Hiawatha (6%) and Marion (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 1,271 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,182 Center Point residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 673 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center Point.

1,182live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

673work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center Point goes to work

Cedar Rapids16 mi away

45%576

Center Point (in town)right here

7%89

Hiawatha10 mi away

6%78

Marion13.8 mi away

5%69

Iowa City38.7 mi away

5%67

Urbana6.2 mi away

2%29

Coralville34.8 mi away

1%19

Davenport74.4 mi away

1%17

Des Moines103.2 mi away

1%16

West Des Moines111.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%296

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

How far

How far Center Point commutes

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

14%

61%

13%

12%

14%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center Point is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Center Point are

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

Jobs based in Center Point

762 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Center Point residents hold

1,271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+28%

Jobs based in Center Point, 2013 → 2023: 593 → 762. 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.