Work & commute · Readlyn

Work & commute in Readlyn, IA

Most working residents leave Readlyn for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (26%), Waverly (9%) and Cedar Falls (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 405 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 380 Readlyn residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Readlyn.

380live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Readlyn goes to work

Waterloo16 mi away

26%107

Waverly12.5 mi away

9%38

Cedar Falls17.3 mi away

7%28

Readlyn (in town)right here

6%25

Denver6.1 mi away

4%17

Cedar Rapids58.2 mi away

3%12

Oelwein16 mi away

1%6

Dubuque78.5 mi away

1%6

Des Moines105.6 mi away

1%6

Sumner12 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%155

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

How far

How far Readlyn commutes

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

17%

54%

23%

17%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Readlyn is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Readlyn are

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

Jobs based in Readlyn

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Readlyn residents hold

405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+31%

Jobs based in Readlyn, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 174. 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.