Work & commute · Waverly

Work & commute in Waverly, IA

About one in 3 of Waverly’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (17%), Cedar Falls (10%) and Cedar Rapids (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

1,430 of 4,463 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,033 Waverly residents head out of town to work, 1,430 work right here, and 4,361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waverly.

3,033live here, work elsewhere

1,430live and work here

4,361work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waverly goes to work

Waverly (in town)right here

32%1,430

Waterloo17 mi away

17%765

Cedar Falls14 mi away

10%447

Cedar Rapids66.1 mi away

3%130

Charles City25.6 mi away

2%94

Dubuque90.9 mi away

2%87

Denver7.8 mi away

2%69

Des Moines98.6 mi away

2%67

Mason City47.2 mi away

1%47

Shell Rock5.8 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,289

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

How far

How far Waverly commutes

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

37%

33%

24%

37%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waverly is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waverly are

5,791 jobs are based in Waverly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waverly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waverly

5,791 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Waverly residents hold

4,463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−10%

Jobs based in Waverly, 2013 → 2023: 6,404 → 5,791. 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.