Work & commute · Robins

Work & commute in Robins, IA

Most working residents leave Robins for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (57%), Marion (8%) and Hiawatha (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 1,685 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,664 Robins residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Robins.

1,664live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Robins goes to work

Cedar Rapids7.9 mi away

57%965

Marion5.1 mi away

8%137

Hiawatha1.8 mi away

7%116

Iowa City30.2 mi away

3%55

Coralville26.6 mi away

2%28

Des Moines105.6 mi away

1%25

Robins (in town)right here

1%21

Davenport65.9 mi away

1%21

North Liberty23.4 mi away

1%17

Dubuque57.3 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%287

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

How far

How far Robins commutes

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

67%

12%

13%

67%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Robins is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Robins are

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

Jobs based in Robins

579 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Robins residents hold

1,685 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+32%

Jobs based in Robins, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 579. 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.