Work & commute · Epworth

Work & commute in Epworth, IA

Most working residents leave Epworth for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (31%), Farley (11%) and Peosta (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 980 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 936 Epworth residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Epworth.

936live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

430work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Epworth goes to work

Dubuque12 mi away

31%302

Farley4 mi away

11%107

Peosta4.6 mi away

6%61

Dyersville9.8 mi away

6%58

Epworth (in town)right here

4%44

Cedar Rapids50.7 mi away

4%36

Cascade10.6 mi away

2%22

Davenport63.7 mi away

2%20

Iowa City62.7 mi away

1%11

Des Moines150.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%308

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

How far

How far Epworth commutes

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

37%

20%

37%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Epworth is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Epworth are

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

Jobs based in Epworth

474 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Epworth residents hold

980 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+6%

Jobs based in Epworth, 2013 → 2023: 447 → 474. 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.