Work & commute · Mediapolis

Work & commute in Mediapolis, IA

Most working residents leave Mediapolis for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (22%), West Burlington (12%) and Mount Pleasant (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

107 of 736 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 629 Mediapolis residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 757 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mediapolis.

629live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

757work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mediapolis goes to work

Burlington14 mi away

22%162

Mediapolis (in town)right here

15%107

West Burlington12.9 mi away

12%89

Mount Pleasant20.2 mi away

4%26

Davenport47.8 mi away

3%25

Muscatine28.9 mi away

3%22

Fort Madison28.4 mi away

2%16

Middletown13.5 mi away

2%12

Cedar Rapids71.3 mi away

2%12

Keokuk43.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%254

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

How far

How far Mediapolis commutes

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

20%

48%

13%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mediapolis is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mediapolis are

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

Jobs based in Mediapolis

864 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Mediapolis residents hold

736 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−3%

Jobs based in Mediapolis, 2013 → 2023: 889 → 864. 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.