Work & commute · Denver

Work & commute in Denver, IA

Most working residents leave Denver for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (32%), Cedar Falls (15%) and Waverly (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 943 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 866 Denver residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denver.

866live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denver goes to work

Waterloo12.2 mi away

32%301

Cedar Falls12 mi away

15%143

Waverly7.8 mi away

10%94

Denver (in town)right here

8%77

Janesville6.7 mi away

4%35

Cedar Rapids59 mi away

3%30

Dubuque83.6 mi away

1%12

Mason City55 mi away

1%10

Davenport117.3 mi away

1%7

Sumner17.3 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%228

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

How far

How far Denver commutes

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

29%

46%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denver is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Denver are

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

Jobs based in Denver

709 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Denver residents hold

943 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+17%

Jobs based in Denver, 2013 → 2023: 604 → 709. 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.