Work & commute · Lansing

Work & commute in Lansing, IA

Most working residents leave Lansing for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Waukon (12%), La Crosse (6%) and Decorah (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

75 of 419 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 344 Lansing residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lansing.

344live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

267work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lansing goes to work

Lansing (in town)right here

18%75

Waukon14.3 mi away

12%51

La Crosse, WI32.1 mi away

6%24

Decorah28.5 mi away

5%21

Cedar Rapids99.2 mi away

3%14

Waterloo82.8 mi away

3%14

Prairie du Chien, WI22.4 mi away

2%10

New Albin10 mi away

2%8

Postville25.8 mi away

1%6

West Union40.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%190

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

How far

How far Lansing commutes

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

27%

22%

19%

32%

27%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lansing is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lansing are

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

Jobs based in Lansing

342 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Lansing residents hold

419 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−2%

Jobs based in Lansing, 2013 → 2023: 349 → 342. 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.