Work & commute · Garber

Work & commute in Garber, IA

Most working residents leave Garber for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Guttenberg (17%), Peosta (11%) and Colesburg (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 35 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 33 Garber residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garber.

33live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garber goes to work

Guttenberg8.3 mi away

17%6

Peosta29.6 mi away

11%4

Garber (in town)right here

6%2

Colesburg7.9 mi away

6%2

Delaware19.2 mi away

6%2

Farley24.4 mi away

6%2

Postville28.2 mi away

6%2

Dyersville19.5 mi away

6%2

Bristow83.6 mi away

3%1

Edgewood10 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%11

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

How far

How far Garber commutes

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

34%

26%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garber is a job hub

3.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Garber are

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

Jobs based in Garber

139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Garber residents hold

35 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month71%

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.