Work & commute · Traer

Work & commute in Traer, IA

Most working residents leave Traer for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (19%), Cedar Falls (8%) and Des Moines (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

124 of 804 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 680 Traer residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Traer.

680live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Traer goes to work

Waterloo21.7 mi away

19%150

Traer (in town)right here

15%124

Cedar Falls22.8 mi away

8%65

Des Moines72.8 mi away

4%29

Cedar Rapids43.2 mi away

3%26

Marshalltown25.1 mi away

3%25

Ankeny66.4 mi away

2%20

Reinbeck11.3 mi away

2%19

Grundy Center19.9 mi away

2%14

West Des Moines80.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%318

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

How far

How far Traer commutes

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

18%

44%

11%

27%

18%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Traer is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Traer are

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

Jobs based in Traer

459 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Traer residents hold

804 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−3%

Jobs based in Traer, 2013 → 2023: 472 → 459. 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.