Work & commute · Wapello

Work & commute in Wapello, IA

Most working residents leave Wapello for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Muscatine (12%), Burlington (4%) and Mediapolis (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

157 of 960 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 803 Wapello residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 455 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wapello.

803live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

455work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wapello goes to work

Wapello (in town)right here

16%157

Muscatine17.9 mi away

12%113

Burlington25.8 mi away

4%38

Mediapolis11.8 mi away

4%35

Mount Pleasant23.8 mi away

4%34

West Burlington24.6 mi away

3%33

Morning Sun6.6 mi away

3%31

Davenport40.1 mi away

3%31

Iowa City37.5 mi away

3%29

Oakville9.3 mi away

3%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%434

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

How far

How far Wapello commutes

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

28%

34%

21%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wapello is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wapello are

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

Jobs based in Wapello

612 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Wapello residents hold

960 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−17%

Jobs based in Wapello, 2013 → 2023: 741 → 612. 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.