Work & commute · Hills

Work & commute in Hills, IA

Most working residents leave Hills for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa City (52%), Coralville (8%) and Cedar Rapids (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 379 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 372 Hills residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 570 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hills.

372live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

570work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hills goes to work

Iowa City6.8 mi away

52%197

Coralville10.3 mi away

8%32

Cedar Rapids29.1 mi away

7%27

North Liberty13.5 mi away

3%11

Riverside5.4 mi away

2%8

Hills (in town)right here

2%7

Davenport48.2 mi away

2%7

Des Moines107.2 mi away

1%5

Williamsburg25.8 mi away

1%4

Ames112.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%77

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

How far

How far Hills commutes

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

66%

13%

10%

11%

66%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hills is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hills are

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

Jobs based in Hills

577 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Hills residents hold

379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+258%

Jobs based in Hills, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 577. 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.