Work & commute · Strawberry Point

Work & commute in Strawberry Point, IA

Most working residents leave Strawberry Point for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Edgewood (10%), Manchester (7%) and Elkader (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 511 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 465 Strawberry Point residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 377 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strawberry Point.

465live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

377work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strawberry Point goes to work

Edgewood7.2 mi away

10%50

Strawberry Point (in town)right here

9%46

Manchester14.1 mi away

7%37

Elkader13.9 mi away

7%36

Cedar Rapids50 mi away

6%29

Oelwein19.2 mi away

4%18

Dubuque43.9 mi away

3%14

Waterloo43.6 mi away

3%14

Dyersville25.3 mi away

2%11

Mason City90.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%248

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

How far

How far Strawberry Point commutes

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

26%

32%

23%

20%

26%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strawberry Point is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Strawberry Point are

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

Jobs based in Strawberry Point

423 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Strawberry Point residents hold

511 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−22%

Jobs based in Strawberry Point, 2013 → 2023: 542 → 423. 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.