Work & commute · Conrad

Work & commute in Conrad, IA

About one in 4 of Conrad’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grundy Center (8%), Waterloo (5%) and Eldora (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

103 of 396 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 293 Conrad residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 422 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conrad.

293live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

422work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conrad goes to work

Conrad (in town)right here

26%103

Grundy Center11 mi away

8%33

Waterloo32.5 mi away

5%19

Eldora15 mi away

5%18

Cedar Falls29.6 mi away

4%16

Cedar Rapids63.8 mi away

3%13

Marshalltown13.2 mi away

2%7

Iowa Falls28.6 mi away

2%6

Beaman2.7 mi away

1%5

Hubbard22.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%171

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

How far

How far Conrad commutes

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

37%

23%

15%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conrad is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Conrad are

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

Jobs based in Conrad

525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Conrad residents hold

396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+24%

Jobs based in Conrad, 2013 → 2023: 422 → 525. 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.