Work & commute · Hiawatha

Work & commute in Hiawatha, IA

Most working residents leave Hiawatha for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (55%), Marion (5%) and Iowa City (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

307 of 3,198 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,891 Hiawatha residents head out of town to work, 307 work right here, and 7,284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hiawatha.

2,891live here, work elsewhere

307live and work here

7,284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hiawatha goes to work

Cedar Rapids6.4 mi away

55%1,761

Hiawatha (in town)right here

10%307

Marion5.4 mi away

5%153

Iowa City28.9 mi away

4%117

Coralville25.1 mi away

2%54

Des Moines104.4 mi away

2%48

North Liberty22 mi away

1%42

Davenport65.7 mi away

1%37

Homestead22.4 mi away

1%37

West Des Moines113.2 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%611

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

How far

How far Hiawatha commutes

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

70%

14%

70%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hiawatha is a job hub

2.37jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hiawatha are

7,591 jobs are based in Hiawatha. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hiawatha’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hiawatha

7,591 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Hiawatha residents hold

3,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+12%

Jobs based in Hiawatha, 2013 → 2023: 6,797 → 7,591. 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.