Work & commute · Lawler

Work & commute in Lawler, IA

Most working residents leave Lawler for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Hampton (19%), Waterloo (9%) and Fredericksburg (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 199 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 195 Lawler residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawler.

195live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawler goes to work

New Hampton8.2 mi away

19%38

Waterloo41.3 mi away

9%17

Fredericksburg7.7 mi away

7%13

Cedar Falls41.1 mi away

4%8

Cedar Rapids80.2 mi away

4%7

Waverly29 mi away

3%6

Sumner15.6 mi away

3%5

Charles City26.2 mi away

3%5

Dubuque83.3 mi away

3%5

Waucoma6.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%91

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

How far

How far Lawler commutes

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

37%

12%

29%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawler is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawler are

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

Jobs based in Lawler

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Lawler residents hold

199 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+94%

Jobs based in Lawler, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 169. 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.