Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0Augusta has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Augusta; the top destination outside it is Burlington (17%, 9 miles). 4 jobs are based in Augusta; 23 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Augusta quiets down on a workday
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7 people are in Augusta on a workday afternoon, 73% 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.
Where Augusta goes to work
Where Augusta clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
In Augusta, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Augusta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Augusta commutes
About 22% 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 Augusta: questions
What is the poverty rate in Augusta?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Augusta work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (17%, 9 mi), Middletown (9%, 5 mi), West Burlington (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Augusta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Augusta
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.