Work & commute · Sabula

Work & commute in Sabula, IA

Most working residents leave Sabula for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Preston (15%), Clinton (14%) and Maquoketa (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 266 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 256 Sabula residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sabula.

256live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sabula goes to work

Preston11.1 mi away

15%39

Clinton16 mi away

14%36

Maquoketa24.7 mi away

5%14

Davenport41.6 mi away

5%14

Miles6.9 mi away

5%13

Savanna, IL2.8 mi away

4%11

Sabula (in town)right here

4%10

Dubuque40 mi away

4%10

DeWitt25.3 mi away

3%9

Camanche19.8 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%103

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

How far

How far Sabula commutes

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

15%

41%

24%

20%

15%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sabula is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sabula are

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

Jobs based in Sabula

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Sabula residents hold

266 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+22%

Jobs based in Sabula, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 71. 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.