Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Big Rock
Home is the office for 0% of workers (Iowa 11%). Hardly any work in Big Rock itself; outside it, Davenport draws the most (35%, 19 miles). No jobs are based in Big Rock in the Census job records; 23 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Big Rock, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Big Rock on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Big Rock: the destinations
Where Big Rock clocks in
35% of workers
13% 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.
Working from home in Big Rock
of Big Rock workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 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 distance from Big Rock to work
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 Big Rock: questions
What is the poverty rate in Big Rock?
0.0%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Big Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Davenport (35%, 19 mi), Muscatine (13%, 27 mi), Eldridge (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Big Rock 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 Big Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Rock
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.