Work & commute · Wheatland

Work & commute in Wheatland, IA

Most working residents leave Wheatland for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Davenport (21%), DeWitt (15%) and Clinton (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 337 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 311 Wheatland residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatland.

311live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

208work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatland goes to work

Davenport22.6 mi away

21%71

DeWitt15.1 mi away

15%51

Wheatland (in town)right here

8%26

Clinton30.6 mi away

6%20

Bettendorf26.2 mi away

3%11

Cedar Rapids44.2 mi away

3%11

Eldridge18.9 mi away

2%7

Iowa City37.8 mi away

2%7

Dubuque46.5 mi away

2%6

Moline, IL30.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%122

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

How far

How far Wheatland commutes

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

13%

43%

31%

12%

13%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatland is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatland are

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

Jobs based in Wheatland

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Wheatland residents hold

337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+21%

Jobs based in Wheatland, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 234. 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.