Work & commute · Lamont

Work & commute in Lamont, IA

Most working residents leave Lamont for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Independence (10%), Cedar Rapids (10%) and Manchester (8%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 168 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 167 Lamont residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lamont.

167live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lamont goes to work

Independence16.4 mi away

10%17

Cedar Rapids43.9 mi away

10%17

Manchester12.2 mi away

8%14

Winthrop10.1 mi away

7%12

Waterloo37 mi away

7%11

Dubuque48 mi away

5%9

Oelwein14.7 mi away

4%6

Cedar Falls41.8 mi away

2%4

Waverly43 mi away

2%3

Iowa City65.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%72

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

How far

How far Lamont commutes

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

10%

35%

37%

18%

10%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lamont is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lamont are

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

Jobs based in Lamont

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lamont residents hold

168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−7%

Jobs based in Lamont, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 41. 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.