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Work & commute · Dysart

Work & commute in Dysart, IA

Most working residents leave Dysart for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (15%), Cedar Falls (9%) and Cedar Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
47 of 598 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 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 551 Dysart residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dysart.

551live here, work elsewhere
47live and work here
170work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dysart goes to work

Mount AuburnGarrisonClutierVan HorneTraerDysartParkersburgJesupToledoLa Porte CityVintonIowa CityMarshalltownCedar FallsAmesCedar RapidsWaterlooWaterlooCedar FallsCedar RapidsTraerAmesMarshalltownToledoLa Porte CityIowa CityDysart
1
Waterloo22.2 mi away
15%91
2
Cedar Falls25.1 mi away
9%53
3
Dysart (in town)right here
8%47
4
Cedar Rapids35.4 mi away
5%31
5
Traer8 mi away
4%26
6
Ames68 mi away
3%16
7
Marshalltown32.1 mi away
2%14
8
Toledo18.7 mi away
2%12
9
La Porte City11.5 mi away
2%12
10
Iowa City53.6 mi away
2%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%284

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

How far

How far Dysart commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dysart is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dysart are

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

Jobs based in Dysart

217 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities36%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Dysart residents hold

598 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−13%

Jobs based in Dysart, 2013 → 2023: 250 → 217. 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.

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