Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Calamus has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Calamus itself; outside it, Davenport draws the most (18%, 20 miles). 70 jobs are based in Calamus for 145 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 38 minutes (Iowa 20, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Calamus by day
On a workday 142 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Calamus on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Calamus ends
Where Calamus clocks in
18% of workers
14% of workers
5% 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 Calamus are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calamus, 2014 → 2024: 77 → 70. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calamus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Calamus: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calamus workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 184 commuters (the 6% 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.
Calamus’ commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Calamus: questions
What is the median household income in Calamus?
$68,250 (±$7,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calamus?
2.9%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calamus?
38 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calamus work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Davenport (18%, 20 mi), DeWitt (14%, 11 mi), Wheatland (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Calamus without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calamus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calamus
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.