Beaverdale has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Beaverdale has 87 jobs for 357 working residents. Hardly any work in Beaverdale; the top destination outside it is Burlington (26%, 5 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Iowa 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Beaverdale: the figures worth knowing
Beaverdale and Burlington trade workers both ways
Burlington is the top workplace for Beaverdale residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Beaverdale come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Beaverdale is a place people come home to
There are 87 jobs based in Beaverdale, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beaverdale has about 640 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Beaverdale workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 11% across Iowa. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 357 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Beaverdale goes to work
Where Beaverdale clocks in
26% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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 workday in Beaverdale: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 355 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Beaverdale on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Time on the road from Beaverdale: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaverdale workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 382 commuters (the 0% 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.
The kinds of work in Beaverdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaverdale, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 87. 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 Beaverdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Beaverdale 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 Beaverdale: questions
What is the median household income in Beaverdale?
$57,357 (±$20,092) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaverdale?
27.1%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaverdale?
15 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaverdale work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (26%, 5 mi), West Burlington (15%, 2 mi), Mount Pleasant (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beaverdale 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 Beaverdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaverdale
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.