Work & commute · Garnavillo

Work & commute in Garnavillo, IA

Most working residents leave Garnavillo for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Elkader (25%), Prairie du Chien (4%) and Marquette (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 312 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 296 Garnavillo residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 214 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garnavillo.

296live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

214work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garnavillo goes to work

Elkader8.5 mi away

25%78

Garnavillo (in town)right here

5%16

Prairie du Chien, WI13.1 mi away

4%14

Marquette12.4 mi away

4%13

Dubuque37 mi away

3%10

Clayton5 mi away

3%8

Guttenberg8.4 mi away

3%8

Cedar Rapids66.3 mi away

3%8

Edgewood17.5 mi away

2%7

West Union29.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%144

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

How far

How far Garnavillo commutes

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

44%

18%

16%

21%

44%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garnavillo is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garnavillo are

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

Jobs based in Garnavillo

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Garnavillo residents hold

312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+48%

Jobs based in Garnavillo, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 230. 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.