Work & commute · Janesville

Work & commute in Janesville, IA

Most working residents leave Janesville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (33%), Cedar Falls (16%) and Waverly (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 486 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 468 Janesville residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Janesville.

468live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

359work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Janesville goes to work

Waterloo12 mi away

33%158

Cedar Falls8.8 mi away

16%78

Waverly5.3 mi away

9%46

Denver6.7 mi away

6%30

Janesville (in town)right here

4%18

Cedar Rapids61.8 mi away

2%12

Dubuque89.9 mi away

1%6

Hudson14.6 mi away

1%5

Marshalltown47.9 mi away

1%5

Mason City51 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%124

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

How far

How far Janesville commutes

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

39%

38%

19%

39%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Janesville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Janesville are

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

Jobs based in Janesville

377 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Janesville residents hold

486 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+29%

Jobs based in Janesville, 2013 → 2023: 292 → 377. 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.