Work & commute · Swisher

Work & commute in Swisher, IA

Most working residents leave Swisher for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (40%), Iowa City (19%) and Coralville (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 417 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 409 Swisher residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swisher.

409live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swisher goes to work

Cedar Rapids8.3 mi away

40%167

Iowa City15.5 mi away

19%80

Coralville11.3 mi away

6%24

North Liberty8.2 mi away

5%19

Swisher (in town)right here

2%8

Marion14.9 mi away

2%8

Des Moines100.6 mi away

1%6

Davenport59.7 mi away

1%6

Hiawatha14.6 mi away

1%5

Waterloo56 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%89

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

How far

How far Swisher commutes

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

42%

45%

12%

42%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swisher is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swisher are

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

Jobs based in Swisher

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Swisher residents hold

417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+16%

Jobs based in Swisher, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 100. 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.