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Work & commute in Sumner, IA

About one in 5 of Sumner’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (14%), Waverly (5%) and Cedar Rapids (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
22%
238 of 1,059 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 821 Sumner residents head out of town to work, 238 work right here, and 601 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sumner.

821live here, work elsewhere
238live and work here
601work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sumner goes to work

HawkeyeFredericksburgMaynardTripoliSumnerWest UnionNew HamptonOelweinIndependenceWaverlyCedar FallsCedar RapidsWaterlooWaterlooWaverlyCedar RapidsCedar FallsOelweinNew HamptonFredericksburgTripoliWest UnionSumner
1
Sumner (in town)right here
22%238
2
Waterloo27.9 mi away
14%153
3
Waverly20.8 mi away
5%51
4
Cedar Rapids64.8 mi away
4%45
5
Cedar Falls29.1 mi away
4%42
6
Oelwein15.4 mi away
3%28
7
New Hampton18 mi away
2%26
8
Fredericksburg9.4 mi away
2%19
9
Tripoli8.6 mi away
2%19
10
West Union16.2 mi away
2%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%419

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

How far

How far Sumner commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sumner is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sumner are

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

Jobs based in Sumner

839 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Sumner residents hold

1,059 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+43%

Jobs based in Sumner, 2013 → 2023: 585 → 839. 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.

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