Work & commute · Tipton

Work & commute in Tipton, IA

About one in 4 of Tipton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Iowa City (16%), Cedar Rapids (9%) and Muscatine (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

416 of 1,519 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,103 Tipton residents head out of town to work, 416 work right here, and 1,055 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tipton.

1,103live here, work elsewhere

416live and work here

1,055work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tipton goes to work

Tipton (in town)right here

27%416

Iowa City22.2 mi away

16%242

Cedar Rapids31.4 mi away

9%136

Muscatine24.4 mi away

4%58

Davenport30.8 mi away

3%50

Wilton13.6 mi away

2%37

Coralville24.7 mi away

2%35

Marion30.2 mi away

2%26

Dubuque54.8 mi away

1%21

Waterloo80.1 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%478

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

How far

How far Tipton commutes

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

30%

33%

24%

13%

30%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tipton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tipton are

1,471 jobs are based in Tipton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tipton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tipton

1,471 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Tipton residents hold

1,519 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+3%

Jobs based in Tipton, 2013 → 2023: 1,434 → 1,471. 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.