Work & commute · Evansdale

Work & commute in Evansdale, IA

Most working residents leave Evansdale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (52%), Cedar Falls (15%) and Cedar Rapids (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 1,954 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,876 Evansdale residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Evansdale.

1,876live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

752work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Evansdale goes to work

Waterloo4.6 mi away

52%1,021

Cedar Falls10.1 mi away

15%292

Evansdale (in town)right here

4%78

Cedar Rapids46 mi away

3%53

Des Moines92.4 mi away

2%44

Waverly20.4 mi away

2%31

West Des Moines100.1 mi away

1%23

Jesup10.4 mi away

1%21

Dubuque79.6 mi away

1%16

Iowa City67.6 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%360

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

How far

How far Evansdale commutes

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

71%

16%

71%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Evansdale is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Evansdale are

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

Jobs based in Evansdale

830 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Evansdale residents hold

1,954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−5%

Jobs based in Evansdale, 2013 → 2023: 876 → 830. 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.