Work & commute · Rochester

Work & commute in Rochester, IA

Most working residents leave Rochester for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa City (29%), Cedar Rapids (15%) and Tipton (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 66 Rochester residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rochester.

66live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rochester goes to work

Iowa City20 mi away

29%19

Cedar Rapids34.1 mi away

15%10

Tipton6.7 mi away

9%6

Clinton47.9 mi away

5%3

West Liberty9.3 mi away

3%2

North Liberty24.6 mi away

3%2

Coralville23.4 mi away

3%2

Muscatine18 mi away

3%2

West Des Moines136.5 mi away

3%2

Freeport, IL88.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%17

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

How far

How far Rochester commutes

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

15%

47%

21%

17%

15%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rochester is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rochester are

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

Jobs based in Rochester

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Rochester residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

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.