Work & commute · Lisbon

Work & commute in Lisbon, IA

Most working residents leave Lisbon for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (33%), Mount Vernon (18%) and Iowa City (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 963 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 897 Lisbon residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lisbon.

897live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lisbon goes to work

Cedar Rapids15.1 mi away

33%316

Mount Vernon1.8 mi away

18%178

Lisbon (in town)right here

7%66

Iowa City19.7 mi away

5%44

Marion13.2 mi away

3%33

Davenport47.8 mi away

2%20

Coralville18.6 mi away

2%19

Des Moines116.9 mi away

2%18

Hiawatha18 mi away

2%16

Solon9.6 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%238

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

How far

How far Lisbon commutes

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

28%

52%

15%

28%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lisbon is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lisbon are

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

Jobs based in Lisbon

594 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lisbon residents hold

963 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+24%

Jobs based in Lisbon, 2013 → 2023: 479 → 594. 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.