Work & commute · Columbus Junction

Work & commute in Columbus Junction, IA

Most working residents leave Columbus Junction for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa City (8%), Muscatine (7%) and West Liberty (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 777 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 722 Columbus Junction residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Columbus Junction.

722live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Columbus Junction goes to work

Iowa City27.4 mi away

8%65

Columbus Junction (in town)right here

7%55

Muscatine18.2 mi away

7%54

West Liberty21 mi away

3%20

Mount Pleasant23.9 mi away

3%20

Washington17.2 mi away

2%17

Cedar Rapids50.1 mi away

2%15

Wapello11.5 mi away

2%14

Davenport43.8 mi away

2%14

Riverside17.8 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%495

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

How far

How far Columbus Junction commutes

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

37%

29%

20%

14%

37%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Columbus Junction is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Columbus Junction are

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

Jobs based in Columbus Junction

355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Columbus Junction residents hold

777 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−6%

Jobs based in Columbus Junction, 2013 → 2023: 378 → 355. 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.