Work & commute · Vinton

Work & commute in Vinton, IA

About one in 4 of Vinton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (21%), Waterloo (4%) and Des Moines (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

559 of 2,143 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 1,584 Vinton residents head out of town to work, 559 work right here, and 1,263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vinton.

1,584live here, work elsewhere

559live and work here

1,263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vinton goes to work

Vinton (in town)right here

26%559

Cedar Rapids22.5 mi away

21%460

Waterloo28.2 mi away

4%87

Des Moines91.1 mi away

3%66

Hiawatha18.8 mi away

3%61

Cedar Falls32.9 mi away

2%49

Marion24 mi away

2%37

West Des Moines99.8 mi away

1%32

Iowa City43.3 mi away

1%31

Urbana8.6 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%731

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

How far

How far Vinton commutes

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

30%

29%

20%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vinton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vinton are

1,822 jobs are based in Vinton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vinton

1,822 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Vinton residents hold

2,143 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−6%

Jobs based in Vinton, 2013 → 2023: 1,941 → 1,822. 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.