Work & commute · West Point

Work & commute in West Point, IA

Most working residents leave West Point for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Madison (20%), West Burlington (8%) and Burlington (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 406 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 381 West Point residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Point.

381live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Point goes to work

Fort Madison8.5 mi away

20%80

West Burlington16.3 mi away

8%32

Burlington18.4 mi away

7%28

Mount Pleasant17.8 mi away

6%26

West Point (in town)right here

6%25

Davenport73.1 mi away

4%17

Iowa City65.2 mi away

3%13

Keokuk21.2 mi away

3%12

St. Paul5 mi away

1%6

Des Moines126.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%161

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

How far

How far West Point commutes

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

39%

32%

25%

39%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Point is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Point are

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

Jobs based in West Point

299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs West Point residents hold

406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+3%

Jobs based in West Point, 2013 → 2023: 291 → 299. 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.