Work & commute · Fruitland

Work & commute in Fruitland, IA

Most working residents leave Fruitland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Muscatine (46%), Iowa City (8%) and Davenport (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 441 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 437 Fruitland residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fruitland.

437live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fruitland goes to work

Muscatine5.9 mi away

46%201

Iowa City29.8 mi away

8%34

Davenport30.8 mi away

4%17

West Liberty17.1 mi away

2%8

Wilton17.5 mi away

2%7

Riverside24.8 mi away

1%6

Cedar Rapids51.2 mi away

1%6

Fruitland (in town)right here

1%4

Dubuque82.5 mi away

1%4

Rock Island, IL29.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%151

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

How far

How far Fruitland commutes

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

56%

11%

20%

14%

56%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fruitland is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fruitland are

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

Jobs based in Fruitland

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Fruitland residents hold

441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+79%

Jobs based in Fruitland, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 43. 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.