Work & commute · Winthrop

Work & commute in Winthrop, IA

Most working residents leave Winthrop for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Independence (11%), Waterloo (11%) and Cedar Rapids (10%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 404 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 Winthrop residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winthrop.

381live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winthrop goes to work

Independence8.5 mi away

11%45

Waterloo31.4 mi away

11%44

Cedar Rapids35.1 mi away

10%42

Manchester14.4 mi away

8%31

Winthrop (in town)right here

6%23

Cedar Falls36.7 mi away

2%10

Oelwein16.5 mi away

2%7

Vinton25.9 mi away

1%6

Des Moines114.4 mi away

1%6

Mason City87.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%185

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

How far

How far Winthrop commutes

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

24%

20%

37%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winthrop is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winthrop are

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

Jobs based in Winthrop

247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Winthrop residents hold

404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−31%

Jobs based in Winthrop, 2013 → 2023: 356 → 247. 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.