Work & commute · Peosta

Work & commute in Peosta, IA

Most working residents leave Peosta for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (48%), Cedar Rapids (3%) and Davenport (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61 of 939 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 878 Peosta residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 1,658 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Peosta.

878live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

1,658work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Peosta goes to work

Dubuque7.7 mi away

48%454

Peosta (in town)right here

6%61

Cedar Rapids54.3 mi away

3%32

Davenport62.7 mi away

3%32

Farley8.6 mi away

2%18

Cascade13.1 mi away

2%16

Dyersville14.2 mi away

1%14

Iowa City65.1 mi away

1%14

Asbury5.5 mi away

1%11

Waterloo77 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%277

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

How far

How far Peosta commutes

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

58%

15%

22%

58%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Peosta is a job hub

1.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Peosta are

1,719 jobs are based in Peosta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Peosta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Peosta

1,719 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Peosta residents hold

939 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+3%

Jobs based in Peosta, 2013 → 2023: 1,675 → 1,719. 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.