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Work & commute in Van Horne, IA

Most working residents leave Van Horne for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (19%), Vinton (10%) and Waterloo (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
15 of 423 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
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 408 Van Horne residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van Horne.

408live here, work elsewhere
15live and work here
107work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Van Horne goes to work

Mount AuburnGarrisonNewhallKeystoneVan HorneWalfordAtkinsLa Porte CityHiawathaVintonIowa CityCedar FallsAnkenyCedar RapidsDes MoinesWaterlooHomesteadCedar RapidsVintonWaterlooCedar FallsLa Porte CityHomesteadDes MoinesHiawathaAnkenyVan Horne
1
Cedar Rapids21.3 mi away
19%79
2
Vinton11.2 mi away
10%43
3
Waterloo36 mi away
7%31
4
Cedar Falls39.9 mi away
4%19
5
Van Horne (in town)right here
4%15
6
La Porte City21.7 mi away
2%10
7
Homestead20.4 mi away
2%10
8
Des Moines83.9 mi away
2%8
9
Hiawatha20.8 mi away
2%7
10
Ankeny80.1 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%194

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

How far

How far Van Horne commutes

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

8%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Van Horne is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Van Horne are

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

Jobs based in Van Horne

122 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Van Horne residents hold

423 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 month26%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−26%

Jobs based in Van Horne, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 122. 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.

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