Work & commute · Wayland

Work & commute in Wayland, IA

Most working residents leave Wayland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (18%), Iowa City (8%) and Washington (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 405 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 378 Wayland residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayland.

378live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

357work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayland goes to work

Mount Pleasant14.1 mi away

18%73

Iowa City35.7 mi away

8%34

Washington10.5 mi away

7%30

Wayland (in town)right here

7%27

Winfield11.5 mi away

5%22

Muscatine35.9 mi away

3%11

Davenport61.5 mi away

3%11

Kalona23.5 mi away

2%8

Fairfield18.9 mi away

2%8

Wapello24.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%174

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

How far

How far Wayland commutes

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

12%

44%

23%

20%

12%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayland are

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

Jobs based in Wayland

384 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Wayland residents hold

405 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+15%

Jobs based in Wayland, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 384. 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.