Work & commute · Kent Estates

Work & commute in Kent Estates, IA

Most working residents leave Kent Estates for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Muscatine (55%), Iowa City (6%) and Davenport (6%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 967 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 964 Kent Estates residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kent Estates.

964live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kent Estates goes to work

Muscatine3.3 mi away

55%535

Iowa City27.8 mi away

6%55

Davenport24.3 mi away

6%55

Wilton8.6 mi away

2%19

Cedar Rapids47 mi away

1%14

Burlington45.7 mi away

1%11

Rock Island, IL24.4 mi away

1%10

Mount Pleasant43.2 mi away

1%8

Fairfield57 mi away

1%7

Moline, IL29.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%247

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

How far

How far Kent Estates commutes

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

62%

17%

13%

62%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kent Estates is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kent Estates are

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

Jobs based in Kent Estates

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities79%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Kent Estates residents hold

967 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+87%

Jobs based in Kent Estates, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 43. 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.