Work & commute · Dike

Work & commute in Dike, IA

Most working residents leave Dike for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (27%), Cedar Falls (20%) and Reinbeck (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 602 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 573 Dike residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dike.

573live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dike goes to work

Waterloo14.1 mi away

27%164

Cedar Falls9.5 mi away

20%119

Reinbeck9.9 mi away

10%63

Dike (in town)right here

5%29

Grundy Center10.3 mi away

5%29

Cedar Rapids59.5 mi away

3%16

Marshalltown33 mi away

1%9

Waverly19.5 mi away

1%8

Des Moines79.7 mi away

1%6

New Hartford7.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%154

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

How far

How far Dike commutes

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

31%

45%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dike is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dike are

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

Jobs based in Dike

316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Dike residents hold

602 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+77%

Jobs based in Dike, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 316. 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.