Work & commute · Garwin

Work & commute in Garwin, IA

Most working residents leave Garwin for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marshalltown (25%), Gladbrook (6%) and Cedar Rapids (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 252 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 248 Garwin residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garwin.

248live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garwin goes to work

Marshalltown12.3 mi away

25%62

Gladbrook6.7 mi away

6%16

Cedar Rapids52.1 mi away

5%13

Waterloo32.2 mi away

5%12

Tama10.4 mi away

4%9

Traer12.9 mi away

3%7

Conrad13.4 mi away

3%7

Ames48.6 mi away

2%6

Grundy Center19.3 mi away

2%5

Des Moines59.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%110

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

How far

How far Garwin commutes

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

15%

42%

15%

28%

15%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garwin is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garwin are

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

Jobs based in Garwin

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Garwin residents hold

252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+2%

Jobs based in Garwin, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 66. 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.