Work & commute · Reinbeck

Work & commute in Reinbeck, IA

Most working residents leave Reinbeck for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (29%), Cedar Falls (16%) and Dike (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

81 of 748 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 667 Reinbeck residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 799 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reinbeck.

667live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

799work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reinbeck goes to work

Waterloo17 mi away

29%216

Cedar Falls15.4 mi away

16%116

Reinbeck (in town)right here

11%81

Dike9.9 mi away

5%41

Grundy Center9.6 mi away

4%33

Cedar Rapids53 mi away

3%20

Dubuque97 mi away

2%13

Hudson10.7 mi away

1%10

Independence36.6 mi away

1%7

Waverly28.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%204

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

How far

How far Reinbeck commutes

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

20%

54%

20%

20%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reinbeck is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Reinbeck are

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

Jobs based in Reinbeck

880 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Reinbeck residents hold

748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+3%

Jobs based in Reinbeck, 2013 → 2023: 852 → 880. 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.