Work & commute · Harpers Ferry

Work & commute in Harpers Ferry, IA

Most working residents leave Harpers Ferry for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waukon (11%), Prairie du Chien (7%) and Decorah (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110 Harpers Ferry residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harpers Ferry.

110live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harpers Ferry goes to work

Waukon17.1 mi away

11%12

Prairie du Chien, WI11 mi away

7%8

Decorah32.6 mi away

5%6

Clayton20.6 mi away

4%4

Monona15.9 mi away

4%4

Postville22.4 mi away

4%4

Cedar Rapids89.6 mi away

3%3

Prairie du Chien, WI9.1 mi away

3%3

Lansing11.5 mi away

2%2

Marquette11.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%63

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

How far

How far Harpers Ferry commutes

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

44%

13%

37%

6%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harpers Ferry is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harpers Ferry are

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

Jobs based in Harpers Ferry

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less62%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs Harpers Ferry residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+0%

Jobs based in Harpers Ferry, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 26. 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.