Work & commute · Guttenberg

Work & commute in Guttenberg, IA

About one in 5 of Guttenberg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (8%), Elkader (6%) and Dyersville (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

173 of 801 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 628 Guttenberg residents head out of town to work, 173 work right here, and 605 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guttenberg.

628live here, work elsewhere

173live and work here

605work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guttenberg goes to work

Guttenberg (in town)right here

22%173

Dubuque28.6 mi away

8%67

Elkader15.6 mi away

6%50

Dyersville21.2 mi away

4%33

Garber8.3 mi away

3%28

Cedar Rapids64 mi away

3%27

Waterloo66.4 mi away

3%22

Marquette18.1 mi away

3%21

Garnavillo8.4 mi away

2%15

Manchester27.4 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%350

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

How far

How far Guttenberg commutes

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

29%

23%

18%

30%

29%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guttenberg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Guttenberg are

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

Jobs based in Guttenberg

778 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Guttenberg residents hold

801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−23%

Jobs based in Guttenberg, 2013 → 2023: 1,015 → 778. 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.