Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Atalissa commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
1% of workers work from home, where Iowa as a whole has 11%. 9 jobs are based in Atalissa, against 107 working residents. Hardly any stay in Atalissa for work; outside it, Muscatine is the main destination (29%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Atalissa, and who commutes in
On a workday 107 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Atalissa on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer 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.
The towns that employ Atalissa’s residents
Where Atalissa clocks in
29% of workers
15% 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.
A place that makes things: 56% of Atalissa’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Atalissa, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 9. 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 Atalissa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Atalissa spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Atalissa workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 155 commuters (the 1% 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.
Miles to work from Atalissa
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 Atalissa: questions
What is the median household income in Atalissa?
$67,188 (±$27,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Atalissa?
7.1%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Atalissa?
30 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Atalissa work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muscatine (29%, 12 mi), Wilton (15%, 7 mi), Iowa City (10%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Atalissa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Atalissa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Atalissa
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.