Work & commute · Cedar Rapids

Work & commute in Cedar Rapids, NE

Most working residents leave Cedar Rapids for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Albion (19%), St. Edward (5%) and Omaha (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 144 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 138 Cedar Rapids residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Rapids.

138live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar Rapids goes to work

Albion11.8 mi away

19%28

St. Edward14.9 mi away

5%7

Omaha110.5 mi away

5%7

Cedar Rapids (in town)right here

4%6

Columbus41.8 mi away

4%6

Norfolk49.3 mi away

3%5

Columbus44.1 mi away

3%5

Sioux City, IA111.1 mi away

2%3

York55.7 mi away

2%3

Petersburg20.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%72

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

How far

How far Cedar Rapids commutes

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

13%

37%

23%

28%

13%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Rapids is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Rapids are

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

Jobs based in Cedar Rapids

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Cedar Rapids residents hold

144 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−4%

Jobs based in Cedar Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 135. 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.