Work & commute · Nashua

Work & commute in Nashua, IA

Most working residents leave Nashua for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Charles City (11%), Waterloo (10%) and New Hampton (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

82 of 757 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 675 Nashua residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 233 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nashua.

675live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

233work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nashua goes to work

Charles City10.1 mi away

11%85

Nashua (in town)right here

11%82

Waterloo33.1 mi away

10%73

New Hampton13.6 mi away

8%63

Waverly16.2 mi away

8%63

Cedar Falls30.1 mi away

4%29

Cedar Rapids81.1 mi away

3%25

Mason City35.9 mi away

2%17

Forest City59.1 mi away

1%11

Des Moines109.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%299

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

How far

How far Nashua commutes

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

15%

39%

22%

23%

15%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nashua is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nashua are

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

Jobs based in Nashua

315 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Nashua residents hold

757 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−14%

Jobs based in Nashua, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 315. 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.