Work & commute · Elk Run Heights

Work & commute in Elk Run Heights, IA

Most working residents leave Elk Run Heights for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (55%), Cedar Falls (16%) and Cedar Rapids (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 537 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 534 Elk Run Heights residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Run Heights.

534live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

198work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk Run Heights goes to work

Waterloo5.1 mi away

55%296

Cedar Falls10.7 mi away

16%84

Cedar Rapids45.7 mi away

3%18

Des Moines93.1 mi away

2%13

Evansdale0.7 mi away

1%7

Jesup9.7 mi away

1%6

Dunkerton8.4 mi away

1%5

Hudson10.2 mi away

1%5

Mason City67 mi away

1%5

Denver14.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%94

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

How far

How far Elk Run Heights commutes

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

68%

13%

68%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Run Heights is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Run Heights are

201 jobs are based in Elk Run Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elk Run Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elk Run Heights

201 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Elk Run Heights residents hold

537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−16%

Jobs based in Elk Run Heights, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 201. 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.