Work & commute · Ladora

Work & commute in Ladora, IA

Most working residents leave Ladora for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Marengo (16%), Cedar Rapids (16%) and Iowa City (8%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 113 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 113 Ladora residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ladora.

113live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ladora goes to work

Marengo6.7 mi away

16%18

Cedar Rapids29.8 mi away

16%18

Iowa City34.5 mi away

8%9

Homestead16.2 mi away

4%5

Williamsburg10.7 mi away

4%4

Des Moines74.6 mi away

4%4

Blairstown11.7 mi away

3%3

Belle Plaine10.7 mi away

3%3

Victor5.9 mi away

2%2

Brooklyn13.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%45

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

How far

How far Ladora commutes

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

25%

21%

30%

24%

25%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ladora is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ladora are

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

Jobs based in Ladora

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ladora residents hold

113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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.