Work & commute · Mount Vernon

Work & commute in Mount Vernon, IA

About one in 5 of Mount Vernon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (30%), Lisbon (7%) and Iowa City (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

388 of 1,884 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,496 Mount Vernon residents head out of town to work, 388 work right here, and 1,318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Vernon.

1,496live here, work elsewhere

388live and work here

1,318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Vernon goes to work

Cedar Rapids13.3 mi away

30%566

Mount Vernon (in town)right here

21%388

Lisbon1.8 mi away

7%134

Iowa City19.4 mi away

5%93

Marion11.7 mi away

3%59

Hiawatha16.3 mi away

3%48

Coralville18 mi away

3%48

Des Moines115.2 mi away

2%30

North Liberty15.8 mi away

1%28

Solon9 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%465

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

How far

How far Mount Vernon commutes

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

31%

49%

16%

31%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Vernon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Vernon are

1,706 jobs are based in Mount Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Vernon

1,706 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Mount Vernon residents hold

1,884 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+12%

Jobs based in Mount Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 1,521 → 1,706. 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.