Work & commute · Urbana

Work & commute in Urbana, IA

Most working residents leave Urbana for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (32%), Vinton (7%) and Waterloo (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 867 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

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 819 Urbana residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Urbana.

819live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Urbana goes to work

Cedar Rapids21.2 mi away

32%275

Vinton8.6 mi away

7%62

Urbana (in town)right here

6%48

Waterloo29.9 mi away

4%36

Center Point6.2 mi away

4%35

Des Moines99.6 mi away

3%28

Hiawatha15.6 mi away

3%24

Marion20 mi away

3%23

Iowa City43.7 mi away

3%23

West Des Moines108.2 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%296

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

How far

How far Urbana commutes

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

19%

41%

17%

23%

19%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Urbana is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Urbana are

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

Jobs based in Urbana

466 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Urbana residents hold

867 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+127%

Jobs based in Urbana, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 466. 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.