Work & commute · Clarksville

Work & commute in Clarksville, IA

Most working residents leave Clarksville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Waverly (18%), Waterloo (10%) and Cedar Falls (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 560 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 519 Clarksville residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 241 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarksville.

519live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

241work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarksville goes to work

Waverly10.9 mi away

18%102

Waterloo25.6 mi away

10%56

Clarksville (in town)right here

7%41

Cedar Falls21.1 mi away

7%37

Charles City19.5 mi away

5%29

Allison6.7 mi away

4%25

Cedar Rapids75.7 mi away

3%17

Shell Rock6.2 mi away

1%8

Mason City37 mi away

1%8

Greene10.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%230

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

How far

How far Clarksville commutes

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

28%

38%

13%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarksville is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarksville are

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

Jobs based in Clarksville

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Clarksville residents hold

560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+11%

Jobs based in Clarksville, 2013 → 2023: 254 → 282. 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.