Work & commute · Wellsburg

Work & commute in Wellsburg, IA

Most working residents leave Wellsburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (17%), Grundy Center (15%) and Cedar Falls (12%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 338 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 320 Wellsburg residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellsburg.

320live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellsburg goes to work

Waterloo29.6 mi away

17%59

Grundy Center9.2 mi away

15%51

Cedar Falls24.8 mi away

12%42

Wellsburg (in town)right here

5%18

Ackley10.4 mi away

4%15

Iowa Falls18.3 mi away

3%11

Aplington10.5 mi away

2%6

Parkersburg12.3 mi away

2%6

Eldora10.3 mi away

2%6

Tama37.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%119

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

How far

How far Wellsburg commutes

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

22%

27%

33%

18%

22%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellsburg is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellsburg are

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

Jobs based in Wellsburg

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Wellsburg residents hold

338 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−3%

Jobs based in Wellsburg, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 182. 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.