Work & commute · Marengo

Work & commute in Marengo, IA

Most working residents leave Marengo for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (10%), Iowa City (9%) and Williamsburg (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

201 of 1,242 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,041 Marengo residents head out of town to work, 201 work right here, and 679 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marengo.

1,041live here, work elsewhere

201live and work here

679work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marengo goes to work

Marengo (in town)right here

16%201

Cedar Rapids23.1 mi away

10%123

Iowa City29.4 mi away

9%111

Williamsburg9.2 mi away

6%73

Homestead10.4 mi away

6%71

Des Moines81.1 mi away

2%30

Coralville25.2 mi away

2%25

Belle Plaine12.7 mi away

2%24

North Liberty23.8 mi away

2%21

West Des Moines90 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%543

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

How far

How far Marengo commutes

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

28%

31%

20%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marengo is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marengo are

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

Jobs based in Marengo

880 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Marengo residents hold

1,242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−18%

Jobs based in Marengo, 2013 → 2023: 1,071 → 880. 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.