Maquoketa Caves State Park Historic District · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Baldwin works elsewhere
Baldwin has 12 jobs, and 35 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Baldwin itself; outside it, Maquoketa draws the most (23%, 9 miles). 23% of workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Baldwin quiets down on a workday
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 75 people are in Baldwin on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 places Baldwin commutes to
Where Baldwin clocks in
23% of workers
17% of workers
6% 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.
Most jobs in Baldwin are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baldwin, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 12. 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 Baldwin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Baldwin: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baldwin workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 23% 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.
Where in the region Baldwin works
About 17% 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 Baldwin: questions
What is the median household income in Baldwin?
$58,875 (±$24,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baldwin?
7.8%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baldwin?
20 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baldwin work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maquoketa (23%, 9 mi), Dubuque (17%, 30 mi), Cedar Rapids (6%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Baldwin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baldwin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baldwin
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.