Work & commute · Welton

Work & commute in Welton, IA

Most working residents leave Welton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (14%), DeWitt (10%) and Dubuque (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 63 Welton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Welton.

63live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Welton goes to work

Davenport24.1 mi away

14%9

DeWitt6.3 mi away

10%6

Dubuque41.4 mi away

8%5

Maquoketa11.3 mi away

6%4

Lost Nation12.2 mi away

5%3

Muscatine41.5 mi away

5%3

Bettendorf24.2 mi away

5%3

Clinton18.7 mi away

5%3

Cedar Rapids55.8 mi away

5%3

East Moline, IL28.7 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%22

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

How far

How far Welton commutes

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

14%

38%

25%

22%

14%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Welton is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Welton are

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

Jobs based in Welton

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Welton residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+200%

Jobs based in Welton, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 18. 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.