Work & commute · Farley

Work & commute in Farley, IA

Most working residents leave Farley for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (31%), Dyersville (6%) and Epworth (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

118 of 908 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 790 Farley residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 1,055 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farley.

790live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

1,055work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farley goes to work

Dubuque15.9 mi away

31%280

Farley (in town)right here

13%118

Dyersville6.1 mi away

6%53

Epworth4 mi away

4%39

Cedar Rapids47.7 mi away

4%39

Peosta8.6 mi away

4%33

Davenport64.7 mi away

3%23

Cascade9.8 mi away

2%18

Manchester23 mi away

2%18

Des Moines146.5 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%277

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

How far

How far Farley commutes

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

32%

42%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Farley are

1,173 jobs are based in Farley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farley

1,173 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Farley residents hold

908 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+1%

Jobs based in Farley, 2013 → 2023: 1,156 → 1,173. 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.