Work & commute · Westwood

Work & commute in Westwood, IA

Most working residents leave Westwood for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (38%), Des Moines (7%) and Keosauqua (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 45 Westwood residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westwood.

45live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westwood goes to work

Mount Pleasant4.1 mi away

38%17

Des Moines111.2 mi away

7%3

Keosauqua23.6 mi away

4%2

West Burlington25.6 mi away

4%2

Burlington28.4 mi away

4%2

Iowa City48 mi away

4%2

Council Bluffs220.8 mi away

4%2

Davenport67 mi away

4%2

Moline, IL68.9 mi away

2%1

Houghton12.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%11

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

How far

How far Westwood commutes

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

44%

18%

20%

44%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westwood is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westwood are

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

Jobs based in Westwood

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Westwood residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−67%

Jobs based in Westwood, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 2. 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.