Work & commute · Garrison

Work & commute in Garrison, IA

Most working residents leave Garrison for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (14%), Vinton (9%) and Waterloo (9%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 166 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 164 Garrison residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garrison.

164live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garrison goes to work

Cedar Rapids26.9 mi away

14%24

Vinton6.2 mi away

9%15

Waterloo26.2 mi away

9%15

La Porte City11.9 mi away

4%7

Des Moines85.2 mi away

4%7

Van Horne9.9 mi away

3%5

Dysart8.6 mi away

3%5

Belle Plaine18.5 mi away

2%4

West Des Moines93.8 mi away

2%4

Norway20.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%77

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

How far

How far Garrison commutes

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

17%

27%

32%

23%

17%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garrison is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garrison are

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

Jobs based in Garrison

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Garrison residents hold

166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+550%

Jobs based in Garrison, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 78. 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.