Work & commute · Riverside

Work & commute in Riverside, IA

Most working residents leave Riverside for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa City (25%), Kalona (7%) and Cedar Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 516 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 477 Riverside residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 800 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverside.

477live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

800work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverside goes to work

Iowa City12.1 mi away

25%131

Riverside (in town)right here

8%39

Kalona6.7 mi away

7%37

Cedar Rapids33.7 mi away

6%30

Coralville14.9 mi away

5%25

Washington14.3 mi away

3%17

Des Moines105.6 mi away

3%13

Waterloo80.4 mi away

3%13

North Liberty18.1 mi away

2%10

Muscatine26.5 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%192

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

How far

How far Riverside commutes

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

19%

44%

12%

25%

19%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverside is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverside are

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

Jobs based in Riverside

839 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Riverside residents hold

516 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+11%

Jobs based in Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 759 → 839. 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.