Work & commute · Tripoli

Work & commute in Tripoli, IA

Most working residents leave Tripoli for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Waverly (17%), Waterloo (17%) and Cedar Falls (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 551 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 512 Tripoli residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tripoli.

512live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tripoli goes to work

Waverly12.3 mi away

17%95

Waterloo22.4 mi away

17%95

Cedar Falls22.3 mi away

8%46

Tripoli (in town)right here

7%39

Denver10.4 mi away

4%21

New Hampton17.4 mi away

3%14

Cedar Rapids65.4 mi away

3%14

Sumner8.6 mi away

2%13

Des Moines109.9 mi away

1%7

Readlyn7.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%201

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

How far

How far Tripoli commutes

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

16%

53%

22%

16%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tripoli is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tripoli are

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

Jobs based in Tripoli

245 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Tripoli residents hold

551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−9%

Jobs based in Tripoli, 2013 → 2023: 270 → 245. 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.