Work & commute · Waukon

Work & commute in Waukon, IA

About one in 3 of Waukon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Decorah (12%), Postville (3%) and La Crosse (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

603 of 1,786 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,183 Waukon residents head out of town to work, 603 work right here, and 1,283 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waukon.

1,183live here, work elsewhere

603live and work here

1,283work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waukon goes to work

Waukon (in town)right here

34%603

Decorah15.6 mi away

12%214

Postville13.5 mi away

3%56

La Crosse, WI40.5 mi away

3%48

Cedar Rapids90.7 mi away

2%42

Prairie du Chien, WI23.3 mi away

2%29

Dubuque66 mi away

2%28

Waterloo69.5 mi away

1%26

Mason City87.1 mi away

1%23

West Union27.2 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%695

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

How far

How far Waukon commutes

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

37%

28%

11%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waukon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waukon are

1,886 jobs are based in Waukon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waukon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waukon

1,886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Waukon residents hold

1,786 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+4%

Jobs based in Waukon, 2013 → 2023: 1,817 → 1,886. 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.