Work & commute · Lone Tree

Work & commute in Lone Tree, IA

Most working residents leave Lone Tree for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa City (46%), Cedar Rapids (7%) and Coralville (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 594 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 572 Lone Tree residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lone Tree.

572live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

182work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lone Tree goes to work

Iowa City12.9 mi away

46%272

Cedar Rapids35.5 mi away

7%39

Coralville17.1 mi away

6%35

Lone Tree (in town)right here

4%22

North Liberty20.2 mi away

2%13

Riverside7.5 mi away

2%12

Des Moines113.1 mi away

2%12

Hills7.5 mi away

1%7

Kalona14.2 mi away

1%7

Hiawatha41.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%168

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

How far

How far Lone Tree commutes

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

66%

13%

12%

9%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lone Tree is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lone Tree are

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

Jobs based in Lone Tree

204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lone Tree residents hold

594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−8%

Jobs based in Lone Tree, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 204. 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.