Work & commute · Nichols

Work & commute in Nichols, IA

Most working residents leave Nichols for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are West Liberty (27%), Iowa City (25%) and Muscatine (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 153 Nichols residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nichols.

153live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nichols goes to work

West Liberty6.9 mi away

27%41

Iowa City16.8 mi away

25%39

Muscatine13.1 mi away

10%15

Coralville21.3 mi away

5%8

Ottumwa66 mi away

3%4

Cedar Rapids38.6 mi away

3%4

North Liberty24 mi away

2%3

Davenport36.8 mi away

2%3

Riverside13.7 mi away

1%2

Wilton16.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%32

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

How far

How far Nichols commutes

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

29%

52%

10%

29%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nichols is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nichols are

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

Jobs based in Nichols

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Nichols residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+44%

Jobs based in Nichols, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 49. 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.