Work & commute · Miles

Work & commute in Miles, IA

Most working residents leave Miles for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (15%), Preston (13%) and Maquoketa (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 188 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 180 Miles residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Miles.

180live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Miles goes to work

Clinton14.7 mi away

15%29

Preston4.3 mi away

13%25

Maquoketa18 mi away

6%11

Dubuque37.1 mi away

5%10

Savanna, IL9.5 mi away

4%8

Miles (in town)right here

4%8

Cedar Rapids70.4 mi away

4%8

Davenport37.1 mi away

4%8

Goose Lake6.6 mi away

3%6

DeWitt19.6 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%69

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

How far

How far Miles commutes

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

31%

30%

17%

22%

31%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Miles is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Miles are

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

Jobs based in Miles

122 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Miles residents hold

188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+63%

Jobs based in Miles, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 122. 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.