Amana has 1.9 jobs for every working resident: 352 people commute in to work
The trip to work takes 13 minutes on average, where Iowa has 20 and the U.S. 26. Amana has 359 jobs; 185 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Amana itself; outside it, Iowa City draws the most (16%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Amana
On a workday 178 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 930 people are in Amana on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Amana’s workers come from
Where Amana clocks in
14% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Amana: what the 359 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amana, 2013 → 2023: 2,777 → 359. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amana’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Amana: about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amana workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 369 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Amana’s workers travel
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Amana: questions
What is the median household income in Amana?
$145,903 (±$78,683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amana?
8.1%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amana?
13 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amana work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Iowa City (16%, 20 mi), Cedar Rapids (14%, 15 mi), Homestead (10%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amana without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amana, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amana
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.