Work & commute · Homestead

Work & commute in Homestead, IA

Most working residents leave Homestead for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (24%), Coralville (7%) and Iowa City (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 70 Homestead residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 2,673 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homestead.

70live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

2,673work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homestead goes to work

Cedar Rapids17.2 mi away

24%18

Homestead (in town)right here

8%6

Coralville14.8 mi away

7%5

Iowa City19 mi away

7%5

Hiawatha22.4 mi away

4%3

Middle Amana2.8 mi away

4%3

Williamsburg9.7 mi away

3%2

North Liberty13.5 mi away

3%2

Des Moines90.7 mi away

3%2

Amana2.9 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%28

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

How far

How far Homestead commutes

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

24%

53%

16%

24%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homestead is a job hub

35.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Homestead are

2,679 jobs are based in Homestead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Homestead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Homestead

2,679 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Homestead residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+29667%

Jobs based in Homestead, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 2,679. 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.