Work & commute · Durant

Work & commute in Durant, IA

Most working residents leave Durant for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (16%), Muscatine (9%) and Iowa City (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

104 of 876 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 772 Durant residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Durant.

772live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Durant goes to work

Davenport16.3 mi away

16%139

Durant (in town)right here

12%104

Muscatine14.9 mi away

9%77

Iowa City32.1 mi away

6%54

Wilton5.8 mi away

4%36

Walcott7 mi away

4%35

Cedar Rapids46.7 mi away

3%28

Bettendorf22.7 mi away

3%25

Tipton16.1 mi away

2%20

Waterloo96.1 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%343

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

How far

How far Durant commutes

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

27%

44%

15%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Durant is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Durant are

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

Jobs based in Durant

619 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Durant residents hold

876 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+5%

Jobs based in Durant, 2013 → 2023: 592 → 619. 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.