Work & commute · Spillville

Work & commute in Spillville, IA

Most working residents leave Spillville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Decorah (21%), Cedar Rapids (5%) and Cresco (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 182 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 181 Spillville residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spillville.

181live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spillville goes to work

Decorah10.8 mi away

21%39

Cedar Rapids86.7 mi away

5%9

Cresco14.3 mi away

4%7

Waterloo53.1 mi away

4%7

Calmar4.5 mi away

3%6

Waucoma11 mi away

3%5

Cedar Falls53.6 mi away

3%5

Davenport132.9 mi away

2%4

Ossian10.2 mi away

2%3

West Union18.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%94

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

How far

How far Spillville commutes

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

24%

38%

36%

24%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spillville 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 Spillville are

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

Jobs based in Spillville

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Spillville residents hold

182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−57%

Jobs based in Spillville, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 33. 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.