Work & commute · North Liberty

Work & commute in North Liberty, IA

Most working residents leave North Liberty for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa City (40%), Cedar Rapids (16%) and Coralville (12%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

989 of 10,693 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,704 North Liberty residents head out of town to work, 989 work right here, and 6,317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Liberty.

9,704live here, work elsewhere

989live and work here

6,317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Liberty goes to work

Iowa City7.4 mi away

40%4,236

Cedar Rapids15.6 mi away

16%1,670

Coralville3.2 mi away

12%1,318

North Liberty (in town)right here

9%989

Des Moines103.9 mi away

1%137

Tiffin3.6 mi away

1%120

Davenport53.6 mi away

1%112

Marion20.8 mi away

1%109

West Des Moines112.8 mi away

1%86

Waterloo64.2 mi away

1%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%1,838

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

How far

How far North Liberty commutes

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

64%

22%

12%

64%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Liberty is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Liberty are

7,306 jobs are based in North Liberty. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Liberty’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Liberty

7,306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs North Liberty residents hold

10,693 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in North Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 6,323 → 7,306. 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.