Work & commute · Rowley

Work & commute in Rowley, IA

Most working residents leave Rowley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (22%), Independence (13%) and Waterloo (12%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 131 Rowley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rowley.

131live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rowley goes to work

Cedar Rapids29.2 mi away

22%29

Independence7.1 mi away

13%17

Waterloo27.3 mi away

12%16

Winthrop8.9 mi away

4%5

Manchester21.4 mi away

4%5

Cedar Falls32.8 mi away

4%5

Dubuque58.7 mi away

3%4

Waverly40.1 mi away

2%3

Marion26 mi away

2%3

Jesup13.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%42

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

How far

How far Rowley commutes

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

19%

16%

44%

21%

19%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rowley is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rowley are

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

Jobs based in Rowley

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Rowley residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+5%

Jobs based in Rowley, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 23. 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.