Work & commute · Washburn

Work & commute in Washburn, IA

Most working residents leave Washburn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (43%), Cedar Falls (13%) and La Porte City (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 353 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 351 Washburn residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Washburn.

351live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Washburn goes to work

Waterloo7.1 mi away

43%153

Cedar Falls12.1 mi away

13%45

La Porte City7.7 mi away

7%26

Des Moines90 mi away

4%13

Cedar Rapids43.1 mi away

3%9

Independence18.9 mi away

2%6

Iowa City64.4 mi away

1%5

Hudson9.6 mi away

1%4

Mason City69.6 mi away

1%4

Davenport103.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%84

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

How far

How far Washburn commutes

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

56%

19%

56%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Washburn is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Washburn are

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

Jobs based in Washburn

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Washburn residents hold

353 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−49%

Jobs based in Washburn, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 23. 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.