Work & commute · Tiffin

Work & commute in Tiffin, IA

Most working residents leave Tiffin for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Iowa City (40%), Cedar Rapids (14%) and Coralville (12%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

101 of 2,702 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,601 Tiffin residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 791 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tiffin.

2,601live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

791work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tiffin goes to work

Iowa City7.4 mi away

40%1,081

Cedar Rapids17.9 mi away

14%375

Coralville3.2 mi away

12%331

North Liberty3.6 mi away

7%188

Tiffin (in town)right here

4%101

Homestead11.7 mi away

1%35

Des Moines101.2 mi away

1%30

Marion23.7 mi away

1%27

West Des Moines110.2 mi away

1%25

Oxford7 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%486

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

How far

How far Tiffin commutes

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

64%

25%

10%

64%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tiffin is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tiffin are

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

Jobs based in Tiffin

892 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Tiffin residents hold

2,702 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+170%

Jobs based in Tiffin, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 892. 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.