Work & commute · Fayette

Work & commute in Fayette, IA

Most working residents leave Fayette for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are West Union (9%), Oelwein (6%) and Waterloo (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

58 of 454 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 396 Fayette residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fayette.

396live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fayette goes to work

Fayette (in town)right here

13%58

West Union8.1 mi away

9%39

Oelwein13 mi away

6%27

Waterloo36.9 mi away

6%26

Cedar Rapids61 mi away

4%19

Manchester30.3 mi away

3%13

Strawberry Point17.6 mi away

2%8

Independence26.7 mi away

2%8

Dubuque60.5 mi away

2%8

Edgewood24.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%241

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

How far

How far Fayette commutes

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

26%

21%

22%

31%

26%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fayette is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fayette are

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

Jobs based in Fayette

532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Fayette residents hold

454 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−14%

Jobs based in Fayette, 2013 → 2023: 616 → 532. 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.