Work & commute · Olin

Work & commute in Olin, IA

Most working residents leave Olin for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (24%), Anamosa (8%) and Monticello (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 310 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 310 Olin residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olin.

310live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olin goes to work

Cedar Rapids27.7 mi away

24%73

Anamosa10.3 mi away

8%25

Monticello16.3 mi away

5%17

Iowa City31 mi away

5%16

Marion23.1 mi away

5%14

Dubuque41.1 mi away

4%11

Cedar Falls76.2 mi away

2%6

Des Moines130.5 mi away

2%6

Maquoketa24.9 mi away

2%5

Mount Pleasant74.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%132

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

How far

How far Olin commutes

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

26%

44%

25%

6%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olin is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olin are

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

Jobs based in Olin

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Olin residents hold

310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−29%

Jobs based in Olin, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 70. 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.