Work & commute · Muscatine

Work & commute in Muscatine, IA

51% of Muscatine’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Davenport (5%), Iowa City (4%) and Wilton (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

5,315 of 10,481 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 5,166 Muscatine residents head out of town to work, 5,315 work right here, and 8,963 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Muscatine.

5,166live here, work elsewhere

5,315live and work here

8,963work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Muscatine goes to work

Muscatine (in town)right here

51%5,315

Davenport25.8 mi away

5%527

Iowa City29 mi away

4%424

Wilton11.9 mi away

2%212

Cedar Rapids49.1 mi away

2%184

West Liberty14.7 mi away

1%151

Des Moines132 mi away

1%131

Coralville33.5 mi away

1%106

Burlington42.4 mi away

1%100

Waterloo99.3 mi away

1%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%3,239

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

How far

How far Muscatine commutes

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

57%

12%

16%

57%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Muscatine is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Muscatine are

14,278 jobs are based in Muscatine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Muscatine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Muscatine

14,278 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Muscatine residents hold

10,481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−8%

Jobs based in Muscatine, 2013 → 2023: 15,470 → 14,278. 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.